Our Nightmare Health Care System in One Doctor’s Bill

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Dec 23, 2019 American health care gets more insidiously outrageous all the time. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Factory Farm Conditions Are Bad for People Too

Tia Schwab / Independent Media Institute and Stone Pier Press Dec 6, 2019 Lack of government oversight has created public health crises including antibiotic-resistant diseases, foodborne illness and flu epidemics. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Future of Meat

Caryn Hartglass Nov 22, 2019 As people become aware of the effects of eating animals on climate change and human health, a new book asks whether we will see an end to it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Climate Change Is Threatening Newborn Babies

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 17, 2019 A new study suggests they may grow up hungrier, more diseased, and facing more pollution and danger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Things Got So Fracking Bad in Ohio

By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute Oct 28, 2019 Ohio’s natural gas production has swelled more than 2,200 percent in just seven years, and some locals are reporting polluted air and water. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Opioid Crisis Cost $631 Billion to U.S. Economy Over 4 Years, Study Says

GEOFF MULVIHILL / The Associated Press Oct 15, 2019 Lost lifetime earnings of those who died and the increased health care costs make up the bulk of that amount, Society of Actuaries finds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Wants to Deport Gravely Ill Migrant Kids

Kathie Bozanich / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 It quietly cuts the “medical deferred action” program, ordering at-risk undocumented immigrants to leave the country within 33 days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Media Insist on Repackaging Terrifying Stories as ‘Uplifting’

Alan MacLeod / FAIR Jul 21, 2019 A popular news trend of supposedly positive stories reveal the dire conditions of late capitalism so many Americans now live under. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Drug Prices

Pat Bagley / The Salt Lake Tribune, UT Jul 18, 2019 Dig deeper

The Unproven Stem Cell Industry’s Shameless Profiteering

Caroline Chen / ProPublica May 8, 2019 Alongside scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which clinics offer miracle remedies from stem cell products. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

The Last Battle

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 29, 2019 If we do not join with the Cree and other indigenous peoples to halt oil extraction from tar sands, it will be “game over” for the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Repeal & Give-Us-A-Minute! (Video)

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