Tag: health care
How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s...
Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
How Joe Manchin betrayed America’s working families
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to helping West...
Probe shows Big Pharma ‘manipulated’ patent system and ‘raised prices with...
"The evidence overwhelmingly supports the need to pass the Build Back Better Act."
How community schools are helping a hard-hit city dig out of...
Rocked by vanishing industries and charter school expansions, Erie public schools are fighting back with a “transformative” education approach.
How Oregon is turning the page on America’s disastrous drug war
“Our immediate focus is to ensure every Oregonian knows these critical harm reduction and recovery services are being invested in and expanded so that they will be available to anyone who wants and needs them, and that they can feel comfortable and safe accessing them.”
How the Build Back Better bill will help millions of Americans...
“It’s not just about the elderly. Hearing loss doesn’t magically happen in old age. It gradually occurs over years and years. It’s something that could be prevented.”
Why American workers want Congress to deliver an infrastructure bill
It all starts with the infrastructure bill. Millions of Americans eager for better lives expect Congress to push it over the finish line.
Why America’s health care workers are escalating their fight for fair...
“People are sick and tired, and they’ve had enough, and they’re ready to stand up and fight back.”
Why America needs a national program of paid sick and family...
America remains the only major industrialized country without a universal paid leave program.
Why the U.S. must bolster retraining for workers harmed by unfair...
Relative to the size of its economy, the United States spends far less on worker training programs than many other industrial countries.













