A Social ‘Trigger Lock’ for the Ages
More equal societies turn out to be safer societies, and researchers have some good ideas why.
Health
Paying Tribute to a Warrior Against Big Pharma: Zahara Heckscher
Until the very end, she used every tool she had to fight against trade rules that protect drug company monopolies and deny patients essential medicines.
Racism is Literally Killing African-American Mothers
The chronic stress of racism endangers black moms of all kinds — from Serena Williams to Erica Garner.
The Big Pharma Family that Brought Us the Opioid Crisis
Who will bring to justice the billionaires who have profited so royally from addiction?
Trump Just Made it Easier to Deny Medicaid to Those Who Need It
The move to allow states to require ‘proof of work’ for Medicaid recipients is punitive and counter-productive—not to mention hypocritical.
Do the Poor Deserve Decent Health?
America’s legions of rich right-wing ideologues see no particular reason why.
Forget the Nordic Diet. Try the Nordic Tax Plan.
French, Japanese, and Scandinavian people don’t live longer because they eat more nutritious food. They live longer because they live in more equal societies.
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Paid for with Your Health Care
So-called “tax reform” would have the same result as health care repeal: millions lose their care, while millionaires get a tax break.
Taxing the Wealthy to Pay for Universal Home Care
Activists in Maine are mobilizing to put a path-breaking proposal on the 2018 ballot that would fund in-home services for the state's elderly and disabled.