For Women of Color, the ‘Healthcare Gap’ is Real and Deadly
Millions of Americans will be affected by the GOP’s proposed healthcare replacement plan. But it’s black women and children, already at risk, who will be hit the hardest.
The Trouble with Trump’s ‘Alternative Facts’
If Trump can sell a plain-as-day lie about his inauguration crowd, he can lie about anything — including things that hurt his own supporters.
Health Care Repeal Is a Stealth Tax Break for Millionaires
If Obama’s health law is reversed, taxes will go down for the rich and up for the poor, while millions lose coverage.
Fidel Castro’s Impact on Africa
Guest host Esther Githui-Ewart and her guests take an in-depth look at Castro’s impact on Africa; with Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar, Melvin Foote, Netfa Freeman, and Professor Piero Gleijeses.
Big Pharma Needs a Cure for its Tax Allergy
Pharmaceutical execs are getting incredibly rich making life-saving medications incredibly expensive.
Film: ¡Salud!
During talks for normalized relations between Cuba and the U.S., you’re invited to a film about what puts Cuba on the map in the quest for global health followed by a discussion with IPS’s Netfa Freeman.
Wall Street as a Matter of Life and Death
For New York City AIDS activist Bobby Tolbert, drug profiteering and tax dodging by financial elites is a violation of basic American values.
America’s Killer Prisons
Inmates across America die every day because of substandard medical care.
Cash Rules Everything Around Martin
Pharma Bro’s one-of-a-kind album purchase exemplifies how the ultra rich are polluting our culture.
Is Denmark’s Democratic Socialism a Realistic Model for the U.S.?
Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid is putting Denmark on the map.
Dreamers Need Not Apply
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants are being shut out of affordable health insurance.
Defense Contractors Venture into Health Care
As funding for military contracts shrinks, major defense contractors have started to edge their way into the business of implementing health care reform.
Mental Healthcare: Underappreciated and Underfunded
While Medicaid coverage may be expanding in some states, the program’s funding for mental health care services remains at risk.
What’s Driving America’s Flagging Vital Signs?
Inequality is behind the nation’s dismal life expectancy rates.
America’s Other Dark Legacy In Iraq
Putting aside even Iraq’s horrifying descent into sectarian violence, the United States did a spectacularly poor job of governing the country.