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From Benign Neglect to Active Assault

March 3, 2025 Sandy Eaton

by Sandy Eaton Over many years we’ve witnessed our state government’s benign neglect of the health needs of our diverse working-class communities. The demise of Steward Health Care last year laid bare the unwillingness of the Healey-Driscoll-Walsh Administration to address the devastating effects of such […]

Compensation, Not Modernization

February 27, 2025 Zoe Curtaz

by Zoe Curtaz In 2024, the U.S. began its Nuclear Modernization program to update its nuclear strategic forces, an endeavor that will cost $1.5 trillion over its lifetime. Yet even as the nation is set to move forward, the mistakes of the past remain unresolved, […]

Mexico’s Struggle for Freedom: The Three Transformations

February 26, 2025 Ellen Mass

by Ellen Mass – This article is part two of a series on Mexico’s history and economic development – The presidency of Andreas Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) made large public investments in energy, transportation, technology and human resources, transforming life for the people of Mexico. […]

Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism Will Trigger Self-Defeating US Decline

February 26, 2025 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Days after November’s Trump/MAGA election victory, a senior Russian diplomat asked how great a historical transformation it signaled. Was it the equivalent of the Civil War, or the Depression era New Deal? Soon it was clear. Jamille […]

Palestinians return to northern Gaza following ceasefire deal. Source: @ahmed_darabi

Trump’s Grotesque Plan for Gaza & Ceasefire Tension

February 24, 2025 Liam Noble

By Liam Noble Trump’s Plan for the “Gaza Enclave” On Feb. 9, aboard Air Force One, Trump laid out his plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, in a manner both cryptic and sinister: “As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to […]

Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts Fights Antisemitism and Anti-Palestinian Racism

February 24, 2025 Grace Cowell

By Grace Cowell On Monday, February 10, Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM) testified at the State Legislature’s Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism. This was the fourth hearing of the Commission, established by legislation in June to address antisemitism by protecting Jewish communities and creating […]

President Trump and Premier Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit, Osaka, 2019. Photo: National Archives and Records Administration

US-China Relations under Trump

February 23, 2025 Marcus Breen

by Marcus Breen What will the relationship between the US and China be in this new Trump administration? The Trump Administration is engaged in policy experimentation aimed at long term transformations of liberal US policy, including Chinese containment. Still, anyone making definitive claims about China […]