Larry Kirkman
@larrykirkman.bsky.social
Unions, SciComm, Abortion in current PROJECTS, along with selected PUBLICATIONS and ABOUT me at LarryKirkman.com
Social documentary, public media, nonprofit strategic communications and issue advocacy. Seattle & Vermont.
Social documentary, public media, nonprofit strategic communications and issue advocacy. Seattle & Vermont.
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Number of people who go bankrupt each year due to medical debt:
Germany: 0
France: 0
UK: 0
Japan: 0
Norway: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
Sweden: 0
Italy: 0
Australia: 0
Canada: 0
Spain: 0
Portugal: 0
Iceland: 0
Netherlands: 0
United States: 530,000
Yes. We need universal healthcare for all — NOW.
Germany: 0
France: 0
UK: 0
Japan: 0
Norway: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
Sweden: 0
Italy: 0
Australia: 0
Canada: 0
Spain: 0
Portugal: 0
Iceland: 0
Netherlands: 0
United States: 530,000
Yes. We need universal healthcare for all — NOW.
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt each year due to medical debt:
Germany: 0
France: 0
UK: 0
Japan: 0
Norway: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
Sweden: 0
Italy: 0
Australia: 0
Canada: 0
Spain: 0
Portugal: 0
Iceland: 0
Netherlands: 0
United States: 530,000
Yes. We need universal healthcare for all — NOW.
Germany: 0
France: 0
UK: 0
Japan: 0
Norway: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
Sweden: 0
Italy: 0
Australia: 0
Canada: 0
Spain: 0
Portugal: 0
Iceland: 0
Netherlands: 0
United States: 530,000
Yes. We need universal healthcare for all — NOW.
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Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide.
Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This sing...
www.counterpunch.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breath,” Thomas B. Edsall writes.
“The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breath,” Thomas B. Edsall writes.
Opinion | Trump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death
The war on public health is a battle to the death.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breath,” Thomas B. Edsall writes.
“The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breath,” Thomas B. Edsall writes.
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For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
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“Community will increasingly replace audience as the driver of engagement, something digital content creators and influencers have long understood.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/disr...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/disr...
December 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Community will increasingly replace audience as the driver of engagement, something digital content creators and influencers have long understood.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/disr...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/disr...
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Why are these men smiling? That’s the question!
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Why are these men smiling? That’s the question!
Yes Deliberative #Polling
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yes Deliberative #Polling
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Hundreds of Thousands of Oregonians to Lose SNAP Benefits, Merkley Holds the Senate Floor, and Next Adventure's Next Adventure. It's GOOD MORNING, NEWS.
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
Good Morning, News: Hundreds of Thousands of Oregonians to Lose SNAP Benefits, Merkley Holds the Senate Floor, and Next Adventure's Next Adventure
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly c...
www.portlandmercury.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hundreds of Thousands of Oregonians to Lose SNAP Benefits, Merkley Holds the Senate Floor, and Next Adventure's Next Adventure. It's GOOD MORNING, NEWS.
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
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The Trump FTC is afraid of facing the truth. www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Trump FTC is afraid of facing the truth. www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
+ The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The bottom 50% of America is worth $4.2 trillion. How long will this be tolerated?
+ In the last decade, the wealth of billionaires has swelled by $33 trillion.
Jeffrey St. Clair Roaming Charges in CounterPunch #billionaires #taxes
+ In the last decade, the wealth of billionaires has swelled by $33 trillion.
Jeffrey St. Clair Roaming Charges in CounterPunch #billionaires #taxes
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
+ The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The bottom 50% of America is worth $4.2 trillion. How long will this be tolerated?
+ In the last decade, the wealth of billionaires has swelled by $33 trillion.
Jeffrey St. Clair Roaming Charges in CounterPunch #billionaires #taxes
+ In the last decade, the wealth of billionaires has swelled by $33 trillion.
Jeffrey St. Clair Roaming Charges in CounterPunch #billionaires #taxes
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We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
I am not celebrating the end of the ‘war’ because this was not a war – and it’s not over, either
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We are told the ‘war’ against Gaza is finally ‘over’. Is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
October 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thinking about Vietnam’s Living Room War Michael J. Arlen in @newyorker.com 1967 and Gaza
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thinking about Vietnam’s Living Room War Michael J. Arlen in @newyorker.com 1967 and Gaza
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The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
“They are dismantling public health” #CDC #publichealth
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up dozens of scientists with expertise in infectious diseases that have pandemic potential. But after The New York Times reported the dismissals, a federal health official said many of them had been fired in error and would be brought back.
Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.
nyti.ms
October 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“They are dismantling public health” #CDC #publichealth
#unions nearly 70% approve of unions
Labor Union Approval Relatively Steady at 68% in U.S.
Public approval of labor unions remains historically strong at 68%, marking the fifth consecutive year with nearly 70% support.
news.gallup.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#unions nearly 70% approve of unions
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