Science and Health

Republican Alternatives to Healthcare

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? 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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