$6 billion in PhRMA Network grants flood the non-profit world, muddying the advocacy landscape
An analysis of the $6 billion in grants distributed by PhRMA and its member companies.
Big Food Found Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Cover Up in GMO Labeling Fight
The future of food transparency in the country is now at the hands of the Senate with Sen. Pat Roberts’ (R-Kan.) Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (SAFE) expected to hit the Senate floor any day now.
California’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan clears state senate
“This is a banner day for California, and a moral model for the nation.”
America needs service workers – and they need health care
Universal health care costs money. Going without costs more.
Medicaid survived the health care battle – now let’s give it to everyone
We should ditch employer-provided insurance. Administrative costs for Medicaid are nearly half of the cost of private sector plans. Yes, half.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Another oil spill, fracking fuels climate change, Mueller investigates Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and more.
This city made access to food a right of citizenship
A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: End hunger.
‘Hands Off My Birth Control’: Activists Demand US Supreme Court Protect Women’s Health
'Denying any woman the healthcare she needs and is guaranteed by law is discrimination, plain and simple'
Big Ag Fights to the Bitter End to Keep Pesticide From Being Banned
“So it comes as no surprise that Big Ag will fight to the bitter end to keep its grip on pesticides and other outdated and environmentally risky tools.”
Watch Bernie Sanders Go Off on Rising Prescription Drug Prices
"I would hope that my Republican colleagues listen to the American people and get their priorities right."