In the U.S.

There are over 14 million people in California enrolled in Medi-Cal, making it one of the largest Medicaid programs in the U.S. Below is my story, one of many stories of people who face barriers […]

A heated discussion about capitalism arose during a recent family gathering. It began with a defense of the capitalist system: Capitalism is the only system that works, they said, because it is based on the […]

A system built to shield corporate power It’s official: Mass-casualty airplane manufacturer Boeing will face no criminal charges for the two 737 MAX jetliner crashes that killed 346 people. With this latest development, the U.S. […]

March against public housing demolition in NYC The fight to save public housing brought people to the streets of New York City on Nov. 8. They gathered at three Manhattan locations — the Fulton, Elliott-Chelsea […]

Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour […]

A new generation, a deep inheritance The new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, embodies a new political generation — but also a singular intellectual legacy: that of his parents. His mother, Mira Nair, is […]

Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory for New York City mayor against billionaire-backed Andrew Cuomo was a vote against racism — and a direct rebuke to Trump’s “Make America White Again.” The unabated Islamophobia in […]