Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Baltimore set to become first major American city to outlaw water privatization, House Democrats fight back against Big Pharma, Republicans want to give Trump the power to shut down media, and more.
In ‘terrifying’ indictment of for-profit system, 12.7 million workers estimated to have lost insurance...
“If we take anything away from this pandemic, it’s that health care should not be tied to employment.”
How many people in the US are hospitalized with COVID-19? Who knows?
“The most pernicious portion of it is that at the state level and at the regional level we lost our situational awareness.”
Those Americans who refuse to wear masks, those who condone Trump’s reprehensible Covid-19 management
“Here’s what I have concluded: These two groups of Americans, those who reject masks and those who condone, are, not surprisingly, one and the same.”
Third round of coronavirus relief checks led to largest monthly rise in household income...
The third round of coronavirus relief checks, which have been sent to 159 million households so far, were directly linked to an historic rise...
Dis versus mis-information: Unexpected insights from Covid-19
Challenging false arguments/claims has never been more important, and yet more arduous.
Community groups and activists pivot to mutual aid amid ongoing water crisis in Jackson,...
With 150,000 residents still lacking safe drinking water, grassroots organizations are scrambling to address a crisis decades in the making.
Train derailment leads to toxic chemical exposure in Ohio
"Experts are voicing doubt that the pollution levels are safe for humans, animals, and natural environments in the area."
FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part of MAHA initiative
The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.
Big Pharma’s charging you 10,000 times more for these pills
This is a serious problem for many of those suffering from neglected tropical diseases in the U.S. who are unable to afford the medications they need.