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Category: Health & Education

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Fueling Inequality: How US Government Subsidies Prop Up Fossil Fuels at the Public’s Expense

The U.S. government spends a shocking estimated $649 billion each year on fossil fuel subsidies, raising important questions about our values and priorities in fighting climate change. While electric vehicles offer a cleaner future, powerful interests continue to gain from taxpayer support for fossil fuels, leading to environmental harm and
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Russell Vought – Maybe the most dangerous person in the Trump Administration

Russell Vought's rise within the Trump Administration marks a pivotal moment in American politics, where a stringent Christian nationalist ideology seeks to reshape governance at the expense of marginalized communities. From his early days at Wheaton College to his role in Project 2025, Vought's agenda threatens to dismantle civil rights

The Troubling Rise of Book Banning in Modern America

In recent years, book banning has surged to alarming levels in American schools and libraries, with over 10,000 titles banned during the 2023-2024 academic year alone. This unprecedented censorship threatens not only educational quality but also the very fabric of democracy. As marginalized voices are silenced and diverse perspectives are
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PEPFAR: A Global Lifeline in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS Now at Risk

PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has been a beacon of hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS since 2003, saving over 25 million lives and transforming the landscape of healthcare in more than 50 countries. However, this vital program now faces unprecedented challenges, including proposed funding cuts that
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The vast majority of politicians “honoring” Martin Luther King, Jr. today would call him a radical leftist if he were still alive.

The vast majority of politicians "honoring" Martin Luther King, Jr. today would likely label him a radical leftist. King's vision extended beyond sanitized narratives, offering a critique of capitalism, militarism, and systemic inequality. He identified as a democratic socialist, advocating for economic reforms and a redistribution of power. His words
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When even the Wall Street Journal is against you…

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposes sweeping reforms to the Department of Health and Human Services, the pharmaceutical industry stands at a crossroads. His vision challenges the status quo, targeting regulatory capture at the FDA and aiming to reshape drug approval processes. With rising concerns over drug pricing and the

Quick Takes:

Healthcare insurance in the USA is organized crime. But politici

Healthcare insurance in the USA is organized crime. But politicians on both sides are profiting, so we’re going to have to fight like hell to get change.
Denying life saving healthcare or pain relief to thousands, or ba

Denying life saving healthcare or pain relief to thousands, or bankrupting them, requires astonishing level of dehumanization. Using AI programs to do it is literal dehumanization.
One aspect of the killing of the United healthcare CEO that I can

One aspect of the killing of the United healthcare CEO that I can’t wrap my brain around: People are angry enough about the state of healthcare that the killer is a bit of a folkhero. Yet, the same country let trump win the election. There is zero chance trump will improve healthcare.
No one should be celebrating the murder of a healthcare CEO. We

No one should be celebrating the murder of a healthcare CEO. We should be fixing the reasons why so many people are inclined to celebrate. #brianthompson

My elementary school age daughter had a shelter in place active shooter drill yesterday. Maybe when the wealthy start feeling the same fear we expect our kids to live with, we can start making some changes in this country.

there is one aspect of the killing of the United healthcare CEO that I can’t wrap my brain around. So many people are angry enough about the state of healthcare that the killer is a bit of a folkhero. And yet, the same country let trump win the election. There is zero chance trump will […]