Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain households nationwide
New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.
War with Iran to test China’s energy security
U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis exposes the limits of its energy strategy.
Why hasn’t the world set on fire?
"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger." - James Baldwin
A growing presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in California produce, new study
According to Environmental Working Group, 37 percent of California-grown produce samples contained at least one of 17 different PFAS pesticide residues.
‘The first victim was the truth’—the cognitive war on Venezuela
We can fight against this cognitive war by insisting on an alternative vision for U.S. foreign policy, one in which the country becomes a good neighbor by centering its relationship with the hemisphere (and the world) on peace, solidarity and shared prosperity.


































