The Freedom to Fear
The only change the Supreme Court’s majority believes in is change that takes us back to the 18th century.
Congress Opts to Keep Poisoning Children
Lead poisoning is entirely preventable.
Health Care Q & A
Not all the arguments about the Affordable Care Act take place in the Supreme Court.
Ryan’s Medicare Hot Air
It’s simply not time to hit the panic button.
Paul Ryan’s 2013 Budget Slashes Social Safety Net, Gives Tax Breaks to the Rich
Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget shows not only that the GOP is wildly out of touch with average Americans, but that they lack the ability to lead us anywhere but off a cliff.
Our Health Care Racket
The purpose of America’s health care industry is to provide cozy income to the few at the top while abusing the poorly paid health aides at the bottom and consigning vast swaths of the population to inadequate care.
The Freedom to Die with Dignity
Catholic hospitals follow an edict that requires them to override do-not-resuscitate orders.
Treating Sick Rich Folks
The plutocratic elite is perverting health care into a luxury commodity.
Health Care Workers Demand That Congress Generate Jobs, Not Health Care Cuts, in ‘Take Back the Capitol’ Week
Underemployed workers, jobless people, health care workers, and protesters marched to K Street, where they confronted corporate CEOs and lobbyists for some of the country’s largest companies, which have avoided paying their fair share of taxes for years.
Big Corporation, Tiny Heart
Walmart is displaying its incredibly shriveled ethical center by whacking the already meager health care benefits that hundreds of thousands of its workers count on.
Tax Wall Street to Heal America
The nation’s nurses are calling for a tax on financial transactions to begin raising the revenue needed to fix the nation’s growing social crisis.
Empowering Future Physicians Conference
Western Europe and Canada can learn a great deal from the examples of Cuba and Venezuela, where health care is a human and constitutional right and the well being of the people is central to the national mission.
The New Caregiving Movement
With Medicare and Medicaid on the chopping block at the state and federal levels, the crisis for seniors and people with disabilities is becoming as urgent as the crisis facing the workers who are caring for them.
One Montana County’s Medicare-for-All Coverage
As the Ryan Republicans try to destroy Medicare, here’s a prescription to clean up the whole mess.
U.S. Nurses Bring Global Call to Tax Speculators to Wall Street
National Nurses United stands with activists across the globe to bring attention to the need for a financial speculation tax.