Doctors speak out: For the sake of human health ban fracking
"In light of more than 900 scientific studies that overwhelmingly demonstrate risks and adverse impacts of drilling and fracking, Governor Wolf must implement a moratorium to stop the public health crisis that is occurring in Pennsylvania."
Republican part-time nation: Going involuntary
Providing security to the nation’s workers is obviously not the Trump-Ryan agenda.
STUDY: How TV news ignores the prescription drug price problem
A Media Matters review of weekday evening news coverage reveals the evening programs largely ignored the problem of escalating prescription drug prices.
Bernie demands to know why once-free prescription drug now costs $375K
“The unfortunate reality is that the United States pays, by far, the highest prescription drug prices in the world,.
The coronavirus outbreak has shown that capitalism is failing
If there’s ever been a time to radically change our social service policies, this is it.
Why Trump’s health care move is an empty promise
Trump’s executive order can’t replace the protections and systems in the Affordable Care Act.
Sanders and Clinton Clash Over Soda Tax
Despite the fact that Clinton pledged not to impose any new taxes on households earning under $250,000 a year, she recently broke her promise by supporting Philadelphia’s proposed soda tax.
Despite the GOP’s attempts to repeal Obamacare, health care doesn’t have to pit young...
One of the Affordable Care Act’s fatal flaws enables Republican sabotage. But to lay the groundwork for change, progressives will have to resist powerful senior lobbies.
Thousands of Native American children will lose health insurance
If Children’s health is no longer funded (because Congress did not reauthorize the legislation) then the Indian Health Service will have to make up the difference.
‘This is Trump’s failure’: US reports record 90,400+ Covid cases in just 24 hours—equivalent...
“Another record day of Covid cases. Not because of testing—but because President Trump has given up on controlling the virus and his administration has failed the American people.”