Tag: US

Americans Want Government-Run Health Care, What’s Standing in the Way? 

Here’s one of many indicators about how broken the United States health care system is: Guns seem to be easier and cheaper to access than treatment for the wounds they cause. A survivor of the recent mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, reportedly said to Gov. Gavin Newsom that he needed to keep his hospital stay as short as possible in order to avoid a massive medical bill. Meanwhile, the suspected perpetrator seemed to have had few obstacles in his quest to legally obtain a semi-automatic weapon to commit deadly violence.

Source: Americans Want Government-Run Health Care, What’s Standing in the Way? – CounterPunch.org

The US Military Compares Itself to the Rebel Alliance. In Reality, It’s the Evil Empire.

The military and its private sector offshoots desperately want to portray themselves as good guys fighting against dark forces. To accomplish that, they’re increasingly leaning into nerd fantasy like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings.

Source: The US Military Compares Itself to the Rebel Alliance. In Reality, It’s the Evil Empire.

Health Care in Crisis: Warning! US Capitalism is Lethal

The implication is that the United States represents an unvarnished, unrestrained, extreme kind of capitalism. In that setting the masters of U.S. society could easily accept not only reduced U.S. life expectancy, but also die-offs from climate disaster and from wars and nuclear war.

Source: Health Care in Crisis: Warning! US Capitalism is Lethal – CounterPunch.org

  A New Deal for North America 

A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent of North America. A record-breaking 2.76 million border crossings from Mexico filled homeless shelters to the bursting point in cities nationwide in 2022. This y

Source: Opinion | A New Deal for North America | Common Dreams

Analysis Shows US Wind and Solar Could Outpace Coal and Nuclear Power in 2023

A new analysis of federal data shows that wind and solar alone could generate more electricity in the United States than nuclear and coal over the coming year, critical progress toward reducing the country’s reliance on dirty energy.

Source: Analysis Shows US Wind and Solar Could Outpace Coal and Nuclear Power in 2023