Marc Herman, Author at Pacific Standard

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Social Justice

The Bitterest Pill: Maybe China Isn’t Counterfeiting Drugs

After a May report finding a third of the malaria pills inspected in Asia and Africa were counterfeit, observers piled on pharmaceutical companies in India and China as likely bad guys. But the truth is a little harder to swallow.

Marc Herman

Economics

Only Plane at Ghost Airport on Politician’s Head

When Pacific Standardvisited Spain’s ghost airport last year, thieves had just walked off with bronze fingers from a…

Marc Herman

Economics

Obamacare Wins—Yet Single Payer Refuses to Die

Although the Supreme Court has largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, one new study--by the country's largest private health insurance provider--concludes that a public option like the one Obama rejected could save states and families money.

Marc Herman

News in Brief

Letter from Spain: Inside The Maternity Ward

At Barcelona Maternity, obstetric nurses are considered the backbone of one of Spain's most beloved institutions. Today they are weathering longer shifts and dramatic cutbacks. How austerity is about much more than money.

Marc Herman