Nancy J. Altman, Portside Health care should be available to everyone in America as a right—automatic and free of charge when we need it. Rich or poor, sick or healthy, old or young, no matter where you live, everyone should have high-quality health care. Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt fro...
Tareq S. Hajjaj, Mondoweiss. Prices have fallen sharply since the famine of 2025. But with purchasing power destroyed by nearly three years of war and displacement, food on the shelves remains out of reach for the majority of Gaza’s population. In a tent in Tal al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, 39-year-ol...
Mohammed Altaj Common Dreams Recovering the dead has become a final test of human dignity In every war, there is supposed to come a moment when the guns fall silent and families carry their dead to the cemetery. In Gaza, that moment has still not fully arrived. Nearly three years into the war, thousand...
Brad Reed Common Dreams The US Department of Defense last month forced roughly 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to undergo polygraph exams as part of an effort to discover who leaked damaging information about President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, The New York Times reported on Friday...
By Shireen Akram-Boshar This article was originally published by Truthout The village of al-Mughayyir is on the front line of encroachments by the Israeli army and armed settlers. On September 2, Israeli settlers and soldiers stormed the homes of Palestinian shepherds in al-Mughayyir and attempted t...
By Nayanika Guha This article was originally published by Truthout Other Indigenous groups are looking to the K-8 language immersion program in Anchorage, Alaska, as an inspiring model. Growing up in Bethel, Alaska, Amber Arnaqulluk Shields spoke Yup’ik from a very young age. Whenever she wasn’t in school...