This Day in Alaska History-November 19th, 1918
With 60,000+ Dead, US Public Support for Israel’s Annihilation of Gaza Hits New Low
Just 32% of respondents—including only 8% of Democrats—said they backed Israel in a new Gallup poll. As the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s obliteration of Gaza officially topped 60,000—likely a significant undercount—a Gallup poll released Tuesday revealed that U.S. public support for Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave plummeted to an all-time low, even before the widespread […]
Trump Order to Hospitals on Emergency Abortions ‘Means Women Will Die,’ Warn Advocates
“The Trump administration would rather women die in emergency rooms than receive lifesaving abortions,” said one reproductive rights leader. Ensuring unequivocally that hospitals must provide abortion care to patients whose pregnancies have placed them in life-threatening medical emergencies is not “the policy of this administration,” said the nation’s top health agency on Tuesday—making clear, said […]
GOP Cuts to Medicaid ‘Will Kill People,’ Advocate Warns and New Research Bolsters
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010. Critics who say extensive cuts to Medicaid being pushed by the Trump administration and House Republicans will result in the deaths of people were bolstered Friday by new reporting on a recent study detailing how […]