On the cruelty of private healthcare corporations. By Roqayah Chamseddine.

Sanders Doesn't Cower From Call to Get Rid of Private [Health] Insurance Companies. By Jake Johnson.

“He is uniquely proud of such aggressive, anti-speech tactics to suppress people of color. This is a war of personal attacks.” By Alex Kane.

The debacle that followed the Brexit referendum has its roots in moneyed nihilism at the top of the Conservative party, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty.

The much-criticized ‘upload filter’ and ‘link tax’ will soon become law in EU nations. By James Vincent.

Bernie Sanders fires up crowd at San Francisco rally. By Casey Tolan.

Growing food, profits and populations with renewable energy, resilient agriculture. By Art Cullen.

Women in Canada, Iceland, Taiwan, Australia, and the UK talk about their universal health care systems. By Clio Chang.

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Whether its proponents are cynical or simply naive, UBI is not the patch we need. A weekly handout doesn’t promote economic equality - or empowerment. By Douglas Rushkoff.

In an excerpt from his new book Hate Inc., Matt Taibbi looks back at how the media built new lies to cover their early ones. By Matt Taibbi,

Sophisticated surveillance, once the domain of world powers, is increasingly available on the private market. Smaller countries are seizing on the tools — sometimes for darker purposes. By Mark Mazzetti, Adam Goldman, Ronen Bergman and Nicole Perlroth.

Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC.

The memoirs of White House staffers can show us how not to do politics. By Nathan J. Robinson.

Of the many legal challenges President Donald Trump is facing, few have forced legal experts and historians to dig deep quite like claims that his private business dealings with foreign governments violate the Constitution. By Brad Kutner.

When tropical forests become firestorms and the Sahara turns green. By David Wallace-Wells.

A Tale of Colonial Cover-ups, Wars, and Witch-Finding. By Equanimous Rex.

Law enforcement in Davao City familiar with the IBM program said the technology had assisted them in carrying out Duterte’s controversial anti-crime agenda. By George Joseph.

Sex Workers Rally for Reform. By Molly Crabapple.