Republican Alternatives to Healthcare Republican Alternatives to Healthcare
You've got to admire their creativity.
Nov 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields? Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields?
Young farm workers are falling ill from “green tobacco sickness” while the industry denies it and government lets it happen.
Nov 12, 2013 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson
Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die
Under pressure, the Obama administration withdrew rules barring young laborers from dangerous work—a decision with grave consequences for several families.
Nov 12, 2013 / Feature / Mariya Strauss
On Healthcare, Mistakes Were Made On Healthcare, Mistakes Were Made
How’s that market-based, buggy healthcare exchange working out for you?
Nov 12, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Obamacare’s Troubled Rollout Might Force the Cooperation Health Reform Needs Why Obamacare’s Troubled Rollout Might Force the Cooperation Health Reform Needs
The failures, though painful, might force both Republicans and the Obama administration to compromise.
Nov 11, 2013 / Harold Pollack
A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’ A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’
Gene Farley was a brilliant champion of economic and social justice, peace and, above all, single-payer health care.
Nov 11, 2013 / John Nichols
In Syria, the Assault on Healthcare Is a Weapon of War In Syria, the Assault on Healthcare Is a Weapon of War
The growing humanitarian catastrophe is not just an accidental outcome of the conflict—the Assad regime has been deliberately targeting healthcare infrastructure and personne...
Nov 7, 2013 / Omar Ghabra
Health Care Reform Talk With Doctor Hand Health Care Reform Talk With Doctor Hand
The market knows best, and the market says American healthcare should be profit-driven!
Nov 6, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal
Friday’s punitive and economically damaging food stamp cuts are much less a result of red-team-versus-blue-team politics, and much more a result of a political process where ...
Nov 1, 2013 / George Zornick
Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers
Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare.
Nov 1, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter