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Medicaid Cuts Could Kill Safety-Net Health Centers

Maria Esch Convergence
Federally qualified health centers are an essential source of medical care for poor and working-class Americans, especially in rural areas and neighborhoods of color. Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could shut them down.

Excerpt: How To Close a Camp

John Washington Texas Observer
Detention was sold as both a law-and-order necessity and an economic opportunity, welding together the rac­ist politics of the drug war with the rise of private prisons.

The Mentor

Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark The New Yorker
How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump everything.

The Fight for Abortion Rights Was Won in the Streets

Nancy Rosenstock Convergence
Half a century ago, feminists won Roe v. Wade with mass demonstrations and a sweeping national vision. A veteran of that movement argues that today’s fight requires the same strategy.

Looking Back To Look Forward

Jay Schaffner Democratic Left
Why did thousands seek out this socialist organization; why did they join it; what did they accomplish; what movements did they build; what mistakes did they make; what might today’s generation of activists and socialists learn from them?
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