The 2020 No Surprises Act set up an arbitration process so patients didn’t get huge surprise medical bills. The result was profits for corporate capitalists and huge health care costs and waste. Patients pay for this through increased premiums with no improvements in health care quality or outcomes.

A universal, single-payer U.S. health care system could save 100,000 lives and $1 trillion. However, capitalism has corrupted health care, putting profits before patients, so the six corporations dominating Big Medicine with over $2 trillion in revenue and $34 billion in profits must be broken up.

Capitalism and its pursuit of profits have corrupted our health care system, resulting in the most expensive system in the world, but one that delivers poor outcomes. Three elements have driven this corruption: corporate consolidation, private equity, and privatization.

Trump’s deal with corporate elites is corrupt and undermines democracy. We all pay financially and with our freedom. Gerard Baker of The Wall Street Journal has written two columns that make a powerful statement about the damage America’s corporate elites and their style of capitalism have done.

Eighty-eight large corporations with over $105 billion in profits paid no federal income tax in 2025. Many large, profitable companies’ employees rely on government-subsidized health insurance and food assistance to survive. This adds hundreds of billions to the annual federal budget deficit.

Last night, at exactly 9:25—9 to 5—the top of the Empire State Building in New York City lit up pink.

Ed has always stood by his progressive values — fighting the status quo and delivering real progress on the issues that matter most to Massachusetts.

At just five years old, I fled communism with my family and came to America as a refugee with only $100 and a dream. I’ve spent my life standing up for people who have been ignored or underestimated. ...

In a democracy, we need open and transparent government. Yet too many decisions happen behind closed doors in Beacon Hill, making it hard to hold our leaders accountable. Join this virtual forum to he...