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Republican pick for US Health Secretary.

Without a reckoning over their support for Israeli genocide, the US Democrats are doomed to fail, argues Decca Muldowney.

What Lula can learn from Trump, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

Framed by a deadly act of retribution against corporate greed, Nick Dowson examines how a Trump presidency and fringe healthcare policies could upend both US and global health systems.

The United States was disbanded? Could a break-up proffer the end of the empire? Conrad Landin weighs up the arguments.

Beware the Chinese vaccine.

So-called RAF bases filled with US military personnel are a tell-tale sign of Britain’s key role in US imperialism – not simply as a willing agent, but as a compliant subject. By Matt Kennard.

Report on the multi-prong crisis sweeping Haiti, by Harold Isaac.

Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone trace the secret history of abortion bans in the US and link the legacies of reproductive oppression and racial injustice.

The story of a Cuban-born US Civil War commander who returned to his homeland to fight Spanish imperialism. By Julio Anta and illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez.

In Los Angeles, a group of activists are standing up against police surveillance of their neighbourhoods. Bethany Rielly speaks to Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition about what it means to take on one of the US’s most powerful forces.

Taj Ali explores how the retail titan has turned its dystopian systems of surveillance onto striking workers.

Report from the US by James Greig.

Racist excuses by Alessio Perrone.

There is a ‘new gun’ on the Republican far right.

What connects the retirement savings of US teachers with inflating land and food prices in Brazil? Maria Luisa Mendonça and Daniela Stefan explain.

For generations, Indigenous-led actions have been pushing for the return of traditional lands across the US and Canada. Riley Yesno explores how that spirit has been turned into a movement – embodied in schemes to redistribute wealth from non-Indigenous hands.

A persistent, inspiring campaign to remove dams choking the Klamath River is on the verge of success. From the United States, Bruce Shoemaker recounts what it took to get there.

Democratic Senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin.

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.