John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado– In the shadow of Denver’s bustling neighborhoods, where working-class families juggle long shifts, rising rents, and the daily grind of making ends meet, a quiet revolution has been underway since 2020. It’s… Read More ›
Jesse M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Iowa– Iowa is one of the most important centers for agriculture in the United States and, depending on who you ask, the world. However, it is also the state with the second highest… Read More ›
John M. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Colorado The Trump administration’s recent decision to abandon plans to reconsider the Biden-era ban on chrysotile asbestos, the last form of this deadly mineral still used in the United States, is a rare… Read More ›
Thomas K. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– The National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) came under attack recently by the Trump administration by means of funding cuts, with one specifically targeted a program that provided screening for… Read More ›
Marina S. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Kansas– The Trump regime’s vindictive assault on the rights and safety of LGBTQIA+ people and the scientific community reached new levels on Jan. 31, 2025, when the National Institute of Health (NIH) ordered… Read More ›
Anna I. | Red Phoenix correspondent | Ohio– A federal judge has struck down the blatantly bigoted Florida law, SB 254, ruling it as unconstitutional. The law, which banned access to gender-affirming treatments to thousands of transgender people under the… Read More ›
By Jo Jo P. for the Women’s Commission of the American Party of Labor– With abortion rights under attack in the Sunshine State, organizations like SWAN have answered the call to arms in protecting access to healthcare. Despite their successes,… Read More ›
The iBOT should be remembered as another example of how capitalism doesn’t drive innovation, but has become a destructive force to the development of humanity. The Museum of Failure, an exhibit featuring failed consumer products from around the world, has… Read More ›
Allison P. / Red Phoenix international correspondent. Jan. 17, 1947 — The first transorbital prefrontal lobotomy is performed. Dec. 10, 1949 — António Egas Moniz is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for introducing the infamous frontal lobotomy for refractory… Read More ›
By Anna I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. COVID-19 has not gone away, contrary to what the capitalist media and government would have you believe. In fact, it is rebounding with a vengeance. Since the pandemic was declared ‘over’ by President… Read More ›
October 6 is World Cerebral Palsy Day. Because cerebral palsy is diagnosed in childhood, some people think it can be outgrown or that it can get “better” over time. But it’s a permanent disability from birth, and it can encompass… Read More ›
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. “As long as women or men live under the pressure of unemployment, as long as the level of wages is not sufficient for a family, as long as housing conditions are unfavorable,… Read More ›
By Andrew D. and Min A., Red Phoenix correspondents. In Florida, a state already known for its reactionary policies and politics under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, SB 254 has passed in the Senate and is expected to be… Read More ›
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. The Florida Legislature began its annual session on March 7, and with it came the introduction of new measures by that body’s overwhelming right-wing majority to achieve their long sought goal of… Read More ›
By Benjamin J. Rizzo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Long-established rights to abortion and reproductive healthcare are under attack as never before in America. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision of June 2022, which overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision… Read More ›
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