The poor at the crossroads
The first and worst hit by pandemics of every sort.
#PeoplesWave Rises Up For #MedicareForAll
We took the streets because people – our people – are dying from corporate greed and government complacency. We need solutions to our health care crisis now, not later.
Even Trump voters are pissed about losing Obamacare
It still isn’t straightforward as to what the Republicans can actually do to Obamacare without some support from the Democrats.
U.S. Covid death toll hits 500,000 as rich nations hoard vaccines, leaving poorer nations...
“It’s in our public health interest, it’s in our economic interest, and, I think most importantly, it’s really in our ethical and moral compass to be doing this.”
Why Trumpcare is giving Senate Republicans heartburn
Senate Republicans won’t get near a single payer. So they’ll have to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.
This Texas county is suing Big Pharma for the opioid crisis
The county says that opioid use and addiction has cost it millions of dollars.
62% of Americans demand government-ensured healthcare as trust in for-profit system hits historic low
New Gallup poll shows record-high support for universal healthcare, with bipartisan frustration mounting over rising costs and systemic inequities.
‘Millions of lives are at stake’: Pressure grows on Biden to back WTO waiver...
“The world needs 10 to 15 billion doses to reach herd immunity, and right now all of the global production together is on track to make 6 billion doses this year.”
Oregon just decriminalized all drugs – here’s why voters passed this groundbreaking reform
These policies show that problem drug use is a public health challenge to be managed, not a war that can be won.
Nearly 60 million Americans don’t drink their tap water, research suggests—here’s why that’s a...
Fixing water lines is important, but so is giving people confidence to turn on the tap.