Tag: healthcare system
Bernie Sanders condemns CEO killing, calls US health care system ‘broken...
The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has reignited calls for Medicare for All, highlighting public outrage at the U.S. health care system’s inequities and inefficiencies.
62% of Americans demand government-ensured healthcare as trust in for-profit system...
New Gallup poll shows record-high support for universal healthcare, with bipartisan frustration mounting over rising costs and systemic inequities.
American healthcare workers demand Biden and Harris end support for Israeli...
As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza urge U.S. leaders to end Israel’s assault, citing the atrocities witnessed firsthand.
Sick of outrageously excessive CEO compensation?
America’s top health care execs would rather we not.
We need changes in our healthcare industry for more accessible care
By reducing prices and expanding coverage to more people, these big-picture changes could transform our healthcare system.
New poll shows how dissatisfied Americans are with US healthcare system
“It’s been decades in the making after failed promises by elected officials to do something to help Americans suffering at the hand of high prices for healthcare and prescription drugs.”
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.”
Gaza physician: Israel is targeting doctors & health facilities to overwhelm...
The attacks on medical staff and facilities are a “nightmare.”
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
How the psychology of oppression perpetuates harm to animals and the environment
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.