Despite far fewer resources, Cuba produces the highest number of doctors per capita in the world by heavily investing in healthcare. That surplus allows Cuba to send thousands of doctors to rural and underserved communities across the Global South—something the U.S. has long tried to undermine.

A new Silicon Valley military complex is emerging around firms like Palantir, whose AI tools fuse surveillance data for warfare, policing, & border control. This shift concentrates power over security policy in a small group of tech billionaires with little public oversight. fpif.org/planet-palan...

You just know that Fox News or CBS is cooking up an article like this.

Newly revealed emails from Paul Bremer show the Iraq occupation descending into chaos behind the scenes. Overthrowing a govt is one thing—running the country afterward is another. Before talking about regime change in Iran, maybe we revisit what happened in Iraq. www.thetimes.com/article/00b2...

Jamaica is ending its agreement with Cuban doctors who helped staff hospitals and rural clinics. Cuba’s global medical missions provide revenue for Havana while filling physician shortages abroad. Without them, Jamaica’s rural health system could face major gaps. apnews.com/article/jama...

The Supreme Court repeatedly used its secretive “shadow docket” to revive Trump administration policies blocked by lower courts—often without hearings, briefing, or explanation. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

We are like two news cycles away from Trump claiming Iran has Nancy Guthrie, so he has to send in ground troops.

Important piece from The Intercept examining the Paramount–WBD deal and the broader trend it represents: accelerating media consolidation and the growing power of billionaire owners like the Ellison family over major U.S. news institutions. theintercept.com/2026/03/03/c...

ProPublica investigation exposes financial conflicts across the Trump administration. • $175M–$340M in crypto holdings reported by 200+ appointees • Officials traded stocks before policy announcements that moved markets • Dozens failed to disclose former clients www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Removing Noem is just opening a release valve to alleviate political pressure through window dressing, while the architects of the deportation regime remain in place. The figurehead was sacrificed to preserve the system.

Imperial hubris in a nutshell: Demand allies help fight your wars while simultaneously absorbing the fallout—refugees, supply chain disruptions, rising commodity prices. Then expect them to accept higher tariffs to help finance the war you started.

New survey data from ZipRecruiter reveals an alarming trend where more workers are being forced to prioritize immediate employment over salary growth. - 27.3% of new hires took a pay cut - Only 56.4% landed a raise - Signing bonuses hit a 2025 low at 15%

The 2026 midterms are the next target for Trump’s anti-democratic playbook. Between extreme gerrymandering and plans to seize ballot boxes under "national emergencies," the stage is being set for a power grab that could dismantle congressional oversight for good. newrepublic.com/post/207138/...

A Supreme Court showdown over Trump's unauthorized war on Iran could effectively kill the War Powers Resolution. We’re looking at a legal precedent that grants the president unchecked authority to start wars without ever asking Congress. jacobin.com/2026/03/the-...

23% of Americans can locate Iran on a map. The rest default to the “learn by invasion” model of geography.

Important piece from @juddlegum.bsky.social discussing how billions from the Saudi Public Investment Fund flowed to Jared Kushner’s firm, raising serious questions about conflicts of interest, foreign influence, and who benefits from escalating tensions with Iran. popular.info/p/the-money-...

Great article by @levernews.com detailing how dark-money conservative networks and arms-industry interests have been funneling millions into think tanks pushing for U.S. regime change in Iran, shaping support for the strike despite the risks of prolonged conflict. www.levernews.com/the-shadow-c...

New research confirms that when local newspapers close, corruption thrives: the loss of a major daily is linked to a 6.9% increase in corruption charges. Digital-only outlets have yet to fill the critical accountability gap left by the decline of local news. www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...

📉 Labor’s share of the economy: 58% ➡️ 51% 📈 Corporate profits: 6% ➡️ 12% Since 1980, we’ve been producing more and kept less. Through deregulation, gutting labor protections, and corporate tax cuts, our government has actively engineered this massive transfer of wealth.

"Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth had been transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%........In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion in wealth was siphoned from working Americans to the richest Americans" www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Even the WSJ is sounding the alarm: Billionaire tax avoidance isn't just a progressive political talking point—it’s a systemic economic problem that now a conservative media outlet like the WSJ is acknowledging.

"Such oligarchic capture is the predictable culmination of what’s essentially a pay-to-play system where the highest bidder takes all. Under this regime, what Americans hear, see, and read is increasingly dictated by a handful of billionaires with their own agendas." lpeproject.org/blog/the-ame...

Local police are becoming a "deportation force." Through the 287(g) program, ICE has deputized 13,000+ local officers to enforce federal immigration law. Agreements have surged from 135 to 1,400+ in just one year. www.npr.org/2026/02/17/n...

Art of the Deal! I guess this is what they had in mind when they preach trickle down economics.

The top 0.00001% (19 people) now hold $3.4 Trillion. 💸 Look at the vertical spike since 2020. This small group now controls as much wealth as the entire bottom 50% of the U.S. combined. 📊

With Venezuela destabilized and Maduro removed, Cuba has lost its key trading partner. In the wake of the coup in Venezuela, Washington has moved to intensify pressure on Cuba. 🧵

In the past year at the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos has: - Spiked the Harris endorsement - Gutted the newsroom with massive layoffs - Authorized a $40M Amazon deal for a Melania doc - Limited the Post's opinion pages to only promoting "Free Markets & Personal Liberties" fair.org/home/like-me...

Trump just handed corporate polluters their biggest win in decades — gutting the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. This is the culmination of years of lobbying: weaken the rules, sideline the science, and let industry write the terms of its own oversight. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

With Maduro gone and Venezuela’s oil under U.S. "oversight," Mexico is the only thing standing between Cuba and a potential humanitarian collapse. 🇲🇽⚖️🇨🇺

"Meanwhile, the domestic legitimacy of the US state has cratered, and trust in major US institutions — the media, the universities, the state itself — is at an all-time low. Only 17 percent of Americans trust their government to “do what is right.” jacobin.com/2026/02/us-i...

Innovation under capitalism has one goal: lower labor costs to raise corporate profits. We are more productive than ever, but the owners are pocketing the difference.

Trump has Cuba in his crosshairs. 🇨🇺 Washington is using tariffs to force Mexico to abandon Cuba. By cutting off oil lifelines following the coup in Venezuela, the US is intentionally engineering a humanitarian crisis. Read the full article here: populareducationblog.substack.com/p/trumps-new...

Step 1: Use a "financial reset" as a pretext to fire journalists covering race, labor, and grassroots activism. Step 2: The "surviving" editorial board immediately pivots to lecture the public on why they must comply with the federal deportation machine.

"Since 1960, some 600,000 Cuban medical professionals have provided free health care in over 180 countries. The government of Cuba has assumed the lion’s share of the cost of its medical internationalism, a huge contribution to the Global South" jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba...

Trump’s latest tariff threats put Cuba’s energy lifeline and the island’s economy under renewed strain. With oil shipments threatened, Cuba confronts a looming humanitarian and economic crisis that could rival the 1990s Special Period. populareducationblog.substack.com/p/trumps-new...

2,255 measles cases in 2025. 416 in January alone. This is the direct result of the Trump administration’s war on science. By gutting vaccine schedules and elevating ideologues, they have traded 25 years of progress for a public health catastrophe.

A naval blockade isn't a "measure"—it's an escalation that risks lives and regional stability. The Trump admin is willing to trigger a massive humanitarian crisis just to prove it can control the trade of sovereign nations. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Removing Maduro was just the first step. Now, US oil companies are angling for a total restructure of the Venezuelan state to ensure that human rights and labor laws never get in the way of extraction. This is what modern-day colonialism looks like. populareducationblog.substack.com/p/what-oil-e...

Trump’s tariffs aren't being paid by foreign countries—they are a $200B tax hike on the working class. A new study shows Americans are footing 96% of the bill, as corporations protect their profits by passing every cent of the cost down to consumers. time.com/7353475/trum...

The nursing home industry donated $4.8 million to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept, so Trump scrapped the rule requiring them to comply with mandated staffing levels. It’s a blatant pay-to-play scheme where the industry buys deregulation through political donations. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

After firing thousands of DOT workers, the Trump admin is replacing career experts with AI to draft safety laws in minutes. It’s a deliberate hollowing out of the state to remove the experts who actually hold industry accountable. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Key findings include: - Using "administrative warrants" to enter homes without judicial oversight. - Interrogating U.S. citizens based on their "accent." - Shoving and pepper spraying protesters - Operating in unmarked cars and masks to avoid accountability. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The core trio of modern economic myths: – "Wealth will trickle down" – "Tariffs are paid by foreign countries" – "Manufacturing jobs are coming back"

Wild how the EU manages longer lives, lower poverty, less violence, and less debt—without turning everything into a for-profit extraction scheme.

Translation: If you’re an educated working-class person capable of identifying how society is structured to extract value upward and concentrate wealth, the state increasingly treats that political awareness as a security threat—criminalizing your existence by labeling you a domestic terrorist.

"ICE’s failure to pay its bills for months has caused some medical providers to deny services to ICE detainees, an administration source, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press, told Popular Information." popular.info/p/ice-has-st...

- Billionaires’ wealth reached a record high of $18.3 trillion in 2025 - At the same time, poverty reduction has slowed - Billionaires have an ‘outsized’ influence on politics, and governments have allowed the super-rich to ‘dominate’ the media and social media www.cnbc.com/2026/01/19/b...

This surge isn’t about talent or innovation. It’s about suppressed wages, inflated asset values, and rules rewritten in capital’s favor. When labor loses power, surplus flows upward. That’s not failure—it’s capitalism operating normally.

Trump’s “Board of Peace,” according to the draft charter: • $1B buy-in for permanent membership • Trump as chairman with veto power • Trump controls the agenda and money • Members can be removed • Built as a rival to the UN www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

TVs down 98% Toys down 74% Cellphones down 43% Healthcare up 275% Childcare up 185% Housing up 111% We’ve made it cheaper to escape reality than to live in it.