Friday, July 24, 2026

DAPL company files lawsuit to finish pipeline and bypass “political interference”

If the company succeeds in getting the ruling they want, they will be able to complete the project without intervention from any federal agency.

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.

Facing famine, 20 million people need food, not bombs

Famine in these four countries is avoidable.

How taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma

Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?

Over a half-million Americans live near oil refineries with high levels of a cancer-causing...

More than a dozen U.S. oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under...

Mike Pence sees a ‘real opportunity’ to gut health care for poor people

Trump’s White House will likely go along with efforts to block grant Medicaid.

How A Right-Wing Media Myth Made It Into Oral Arguments For A Case Challenging...

Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller is relying on a common right-wing media myth to justify medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion.

Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at kids amid rising...

Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.
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“Democratic public health”: Big pharma relies on developing world while limiting access to treatment

“The critical issue here is not whether vaccines are good or bad, but … even more, I would suggest what is at stake is a democratic public health.”