Tag: health care
LBJ launches Medicare: ‘You can’t treat grandma this way’
Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed – not easily, but they can be fixed.
The resistance to health care repeal rolls on
The effort to kill Obamacare is not complete. Expect vigorous protests throughout August.
Capitol Hill staff prevent journalists from reporting on health care protesters
In at least one case, a journalist says he was forced to delete a video he had recorded.
Republican’s treacherous health care plan: betrayal of the American people
What kind of human beings would do this to their fellow human beings?
If hell had a budget: The GOP breaks the ten commandments
This budget seemed strikingly in sync with the hellish weather gripping Washington.
How the food and drug companies ensure that we get sick...
We wallow in ignorance, as corporations thrive on the tobacco industry's old slogan, "Doubt Is Our Product."
Good news on Social Security and Medicare? Reports show just that
This is a good point to keep in mind as the Republicans try to dismantle Obamacare.
The health care fight is far from over
We’re going to have to keep up a winning pressure until health care is a public good available and affordable for every person in our country.
GOP Health care bill dies once again after two more Republicans...
Senators Jerry Moran and Mike Lee just put the nail in the coffin.
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
House progressives demand answers over alleged abuse in US-Ecuador military operation
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon explain the legal basis for joint US-Ecuador operations after reports alleged civilian sites were bombed and detainees were tortured.
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.
Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile
Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.
The fuel to my revolutionary optimism
As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.