Friday, May 3, 2024

Big Pharma gets $28 billion tax break in GOP health plan

Big Pharma has been getting fat off American consumers and public health systems for years.

Medicare for all: A prescription for what ails us

There is no rational reason why Medicare couldn't be expanded to cover all Americans, regardless of age, from birth to death.

Ossoff’s loss is further proof: Democrats’ path to power is through moving left, not...

The results in Georgia show that the Trump resistance can show up to the polls, but centrism isn’t a strategy to win.

Another troop surge in America’s longest war

100,000 troops couldn't stabilize Afghanistan. What can an extra 5,000 win, besides more casualties?

Climate Judases: Three ways Democrats betray humanity

The Democratic Party remains as perversely bad on climate action itself as on the non-climate issues required to foster it.

Plastic pollution in Antarctica 5 times worse than expected

As many as 51 trillion microplastic particles – 500 times more than stars in our galaxy – litter our seas, seriously threatening marine wildlife.

How two common medications became one $455 million specialty pill

After I was prescribed a brand-name drug I didn’t need and given a coupon to cover the out-of-pocket costs, I discovered another reason Americans pay too much for health care.

Bernie Sanders: Secrecy surrounding GOP health care bill is ‘completely unacceptable’

Sanders continues to call for transparency and for Democrats to “do everything they can” to keep the bill from passing.

Talking with my friend about Trump

“We can’t let this happen!”

Beyond ‘no’ and the limits of ‘yes’: A review of Naomi Klein’s ‘No Is...

No is not enough. But yes is not enough, either. Our fate lies in the joy and grief of maybe.