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By Michael P. Fangman Most doctors will say that the system is broken, and that only activist citizens can restore a sane, rational method of governance and problem-solving to America.

By Jonathan Cook / AlterNet Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh cast doubt on the White House narrative in Syria, but mainstream media continue to maintain radio silence on his revelations.

Activists with the California Nurses Association showing support for California’s SB 562. (California Nurses / Twitter) All eyes are on California’s SB 562, a single-payer health care bill that has been advancing through the California Legislature in the past few months. When Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon shelved the bill last week, advocates were outraged (including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who urged the Assembly to take up a vote). But the bill’s passionate backers, including the California... Читать дальше...

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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is reportedly “extremely concerned” by four neighboring countries’ demand that Qatar shut down the television news network.

Bethany Kozma addresses the Fairfax County, Va., school board in 2016. (Screen shot via YouTube) Add another person to the unfit-for-their-positions file. In line with its record, the Trump administration has appointed Bethany Kozma, who led a campaign to restrict bathroom access for transgender students, to the role of senior adviser for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The position is meant to strategize for global reductions in economic... Читать дальше...

By Margaret Flowers / Health Over Profit Sen. Bernie Sanders (pictured, left) was on track to introduce and advocate for a Medicare-for-all bill, but now he says his priority is to improve the Affordable Care Act.

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company People will continue to vote for the party that will strip them of their health care as long as it promises to turn back the clock and “Make America White Again.”

A woman prays at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday as she awaits her Yemeni mother’s arrival from Jordan. (Mark J. Terrill / AP ) The State Department on Wednesday issued new guidelines for revisions to the travel ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries entering the United States. The stipulations went into effect at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday. According to the New York Times, the court said the ban could not be imposed on any person who had “a credible claim... Читать дальше...