Friday, May 17, 2024

The secret Republican plan to unravel Medicaid

Don’t be fooled. Spread the word.

Consumers sue Monsanto for misleading labeling

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup brand of weed-killers, and research by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has found that it is a probable human carcinogen.

Dallas Goldtooth: The fight against DAPL is not over

“The fight against Energy Transfer Partners and its Dakota Access Pipeline is not over, nor is it an easy fight ahead.”

Big Pharma gets $28 billion tax break in GOP health plan

Big Pharma has been getting fat off American consumers and public health systems for years.

Medicare for all: A prescription for what ails us

There is no rational reason why Medicare couldn't be expanded to cover all Americans, regardless of age, from birth to death.

New claims against Monsanto in consumer lawsuit over Roundup herbicide

Plaintiffs in the case insist that Monsanto promotes false and misleading representations of Roundup through their marketing.

How two common medications became one $455 million specialty pill

After I was prescribed a brand-name drug I didn’t need and given a coupon to cover the out-of-pocket costs, I discovered another reason Americans pay too much for health care.

Bernie Sanders: Secrecy surrounding GOP health care bill is ‘completely unacceptable’

Sanders continues to call for transparency and for Democrats to “do everything they can” to keep the bill from passing.

4 signs we’re winning the battle against Monsanto

It’s no wonder Monsanto can’t wait to hand over the keys to Bayer. Things are getting messy. For consumers and environmentalists, it’s a beautiful mess.

In Flint water crisis, could involuntary manslaughter charges actually lead to prison time?

Prosecutors will try to prove five Michigan officials were responsible for a Legionnaires’ death because they knew about the problem, but failed to warn the public. Similar cases of environmental disasters have not resulted in convictions, but there are reasons Flint could break the mold.