Sunday, November 24, 2024

This American for-profit healthcare system would just as soon kill you as look at...

To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.

The weaponization of food

Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement on food exports. Will the deal hold?

One major way we can reduce the suffering of animals raised for food 

Veterinarians have an opportunity to uphold medical ethics—and give the nation’s factory-farmed animals a small bit of mercy when they are killed.

The U.S. is a world outlier on abortion restrictions

The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.

‘Is it better than nothing? I suppose’: Sanders disappointed by Dems’ drug pricing plan

"It's a very weak proposal" but "we're dealing with the power of PhRMA over the Congress," he said, taking aim at industry lobbyists.

Pharma mobilizes army of lobbyists to tank Democrats’ Medicare drug pricing plan

"Big Pharma is fighting hard to keep their price-setting monopoly intact," said one advocacy coalition.

US legislation to hold global shipping industry accountable for climate and air pollution introduced...

“This is a big step forward for climate smart ports and a clean energy future for every community.”

The selfish politics of anti-abortionists 

Those claiming to be against abortion often rely on being able to access the procedure when they need it—a common conservative approach to social needs.

Glyphosate found in more than 80% of U.S. urine samples

Glyphosate was listed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015. 

Under pressure to act, Biden to sign executive order on abortion access

The president's order excludes certain actions that progressives have demanded, such as authorizing the use of federal lands to set up abortion clinics in Republican-led states.