Wednesday, May 21, 2025

FTC challenges Big Pharma over unfair patents as Sanders applauds regulatory crackdown

The Federal Trade Commission intensifies its fight against pharmaceutical patent abuses, aiming to slash drug prices and increase access to generic medications.

Ohio teachers win back regular raises

Preparation, communication, and unity were the keys to their success.

People Over Politics: Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore to Protest Flint Water Crisis

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is bringing together some strange bedfellows in the name of helping a situation we all can relate to.

Faces of pain, faces of hope

The message of the consumer society, pumped out over flat screen televisions, computers and smartphones, to those trapped at the bottom of society is loud and unrelenting: You are a failure.

A Message from the Dispossessed

The message we send to the unfortunate of the earth is stark and unequivocal: "We have everything and if you try to take anything away from us we will kill you." The message the dispossessed sent back was delivered in Paris.

Obama “actively” pondering end of dormant Muslim surveillance scheme, ahead of Trump

“The program was fundamentally flawed in its false assumption that people of a particular religion or nationality pose a greater national security risk and should be subject to racial profiling.”

World to cut emissions with or without Trump

Officials say future climate action will require farsightedness, political courage, intelligent regulations and getting corporations on board.

State Terrorism in Ogaden, Ethiopia

There is indeed terrorism raging throughout large parts of the Ogaden and elsewhere in the country; it is State Terrorism perpetrated by a brutal regime that is guilty of widespread criminality, much of which constitutes crimes against humanity.

How the food and drug companies ensure that we get sick and they make...

We wallow in ignorance, as corporations thrive on the tobacco industry's old slogan, "Doubt Is Our Product."

How to Contact the 17 Banks Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline

Here are CEO names, emails, and phone numbers—because banks have choices when it comes to what projects they give loans to.