Not fit for purpose: Neoliberalism and Covid 19
At this time of crisis, we will still need to raise our voices to call on governments to use their resources to care for ordinary citizens, not cater to the whims of industry and the wealthy.
FOIA Request Shows Govt Lied About Lead in Water, Knowingly Poisoning Countless Children
Instead of keeping children safe, Michigan officials repeatedly lied about the safety of their drinking water even though they knew it was poisoned.
Pope Francis To Employers Who Don’t Offer Health Care: You Are ‘True Leeches’
He said they "live on the bloodletting of the people they make slaves to work."
Trump administration bans CDC from using these words
A CDC analyst said he was unable to recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents because they were considered controversial.
‘Breakthrough results’: New study detects microplastic pollution in human blood for first time
While more studies need to be done to examine the direct effects of microplastics on the human body, researchers from the study warn microplastics can cause damage to human cells.
War is a poor metaphor for this pandemic
"Wars target enemies and accrue authority to the state. They marginalize vulnerable communities and disenfranchise the people writ large."
Trump’s loosening of pork inspection regulations fails to protect consumers from illness and death...
"Food safety is one of the most important protections in our country and gifting the slaughter industry self-regulation powers will mean pork eaters in this country will be facing higher threats of disease.”
Monsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34%
Monsanto has been struggling for investor confidence following the announcement in March 2015 that the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency had declared the world’s most widely used weedkiller – glyphosate – a “probable human carcinogen”.
Rethinking Medicare for All – slightly
In running a social system, we really need to decide when and how wealth can be used to “buy your way” into a better level of treatment.
The Republican Medicare plan is an atrocity
It only takes three Republican senators to stop it.