Yearly Archives: 2017
Big Pharma raises price of cancer drug by 1400%
NextSource blames Medicaid for the absurd price increase.
Peace through strength?
“When it comes to security, when it comes to ISIS, when it comes to the military, every single category... I'm leading, like, by a lot." —Donald J. Trump
10 good things about a TERRIBLE year
As we head into the new year, let’s keep ourselves inspired by the hard work of folks at home and abroad who gave us something to cheer about for 2017.
The conflicts of interest and corporate interests lurking behind op-eds in 2017
Online publications have frequently failed to inform readers about their authors’ financial conflicts of interest.
Preparing for the coming transformation
It is critical for us to step out of the limitations of two and four year election cycles and recognize that social transformation does not arise by electing the perceived least evil.
‘Must be the season of the RICH’
We are living in an age here in an Amerika that not only rivals the infamous Gilded Age (1870-1890) but surpasses it!
Big oil invests $180B in plastics, merging two planet-killing industries
"There is a deep and pervasive relationship between oil and gas companies and plastics."
Florida’s Voting Rights Restoration Initiative could restore rights for a million voters
Hopefully, come November 2018, Florida will put an end to mass disenfranchisement and will restore voting rights to the thousands of citizens who have earned their right to vote.
Cops killing kids has got to stop!!
Offing unarmed adults is bad enough.
Breakfast and beer
The sweeping shift from the $10-billion cereal market to healthier alternatives is, in fact, an enormous, grassroots victory, driven by the organic movement.