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As rural hospitals disappear, nurses say Medicare for All is only hope
For further reading: Rural hospitals disappearing, nurses say Medicare for All is only hope Medicare For All advocates relaunch drive Despite promises of a ‘Trump health plan,’ ACA destruction remains Republican goal
- By : Greg Kearney
- August 6, 2026
Attacks on Dr. Fauci signal MAGA’s desperation
MAGA seems to be growing more fearful that it is on track to lose the midterm elections and is taking steps almost daily to try to avoid defeat. The Senate Homeland Security Committee shamelessly voted along party lines Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, a hero who many believe saved millions of lives during the […]
- By : John Wojcik
- August 6, 2026
Bard College workers authorize strike as contract talks stall
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—About 110 service and maintenance workers at Bard College voted overwhelmingly in early July to authorize a strike, as contract negotiations reached an impasse following the expiration of their contract at the beginning of the month. The workers, members of SEIU Local 200United representing building maintenance, groundskeeping and environmental services staff, have been bargaining […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- August 6, 2026
Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender
Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System’s restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy. The university system bars professors from “advocating” race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity. […]
- By : Jessica Priest
- August 6, 2026
Hiroshima Day ceremony in Chicago to take on nuclear proliferation
WASHINGTON—August 6 is Hiroshima Day. Eighty-one years ago, on August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Scholars have debated ever since why the U.S. used the bomb and then dropped a second one on Nagasaki three days later, on August 9, 1945. Was it to bring a quicker end […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- August 6, 2026
Last Jan. 6 case dropped, but history’s verdict on coup remains
The final prosecution to come out of Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, attempted coup is officially dead. On Aug. 4, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta reluctantly granted the Trump Justice Department’s request to dismiss what remained of the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven of his followers, closing the last […]
- By : C.J. Atkins
- August 6, 2026
No Love for ICE Air: Texas activists protest deportation flight operators
We all know the hassles of air travel. Joining the seemingly never-ending security line at the airport one recent morning, I noticed something new. Among the cluster of tiny signs showing details of random assortments of airport information, one stood out. A small, barely noticeable poster told passengers, presumably undocumented immigrants, to self-deport themselves for […]
- By : Dahj Voytek
- August 5, 2026
Calling all heroes! Dark Horse workers rally to save senior editors
Milwaukie, Ore.—Since its formation in late May, members of Dark Horse Workers United (DHWU) have been hard at work. The positive feedback from comic book fans has been encouraging—in less than a week, they collected over 5,000 signatures on a petition for voluntary recognition, and for a moment, it seemed like Dark Horse leadership had […]
- By : Ben Fredricks
- August 5, 2026
Election results show mass movements can beat corporate cash and lobbyists
DETROIT—Primary election results Aug. 4 showed corporate donors—as well as pro-Israeli government lobbyists—that it’s not going to be easy for them to buy voters anymore. In many areas across the nation, and not just in deep-blue districts and states, mass movements beat corporate cash and manipulation by Democratic Party leaders determined to maintain a status […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
- August 5, 2026
Flocking our way to a police state: Flock Safety cameras
When the Flock Safety company introduced its automated license plate reader (ALPR), the cameras were sold to the public as a safety measure to aid in the search for missing persons and stolen cars, and assist police departments in apprehending alleged criminals. What the public received instead was a supercharged surveillance State wherein artificial intelligence […]
- By : Rob Warzyniak
- August 5, 2026