Hollywood’s Writers Gear Up for Another Strike
Television’s golden age hasn’t been so rosy for scribes, whose union is stuck in disagreements with major studios over health care and wage increases.
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Jeff Sessions Is Throwing the Brakes on Criminal Justice Reform
This summer marks nearly three years not only since the deaths of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New…
Five Things You Need to Know About America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
Fentanyl, the painkiller that’s more powerful than morphine, oxycodone, and heroin, has become an especially worrisome chapter in…
Cosas del Estado: How Immigration Raids Lead to an Avoidance of Care
Since Donald Trump took office on January 20th, 2017, communities throughout the United States have braced themselves for…
Over 730 Companies Join the List of Vendors Interested in Trump’s Border Wall
Customs and Border Protection will now sift through those vendors’ proposals.
Tom Price’s $150,000-Plus Stock Windfall
Tom Price doesn’t appear to have suffered a financial hit when he fulfilled his pledge to sell off…
These Charts Illustrate Women’s Struggle for Equal Pay
In honor of Equal Pay Day, a look at the progress still to be made.
There’s a New Health-Care Proposal in Town
Yesterday, reports emerged that the White House and the Freedom Caucus have re-started negotiations on Obamacare repeal-and-replace after…
How States’ Medicaid Policies Expose Poor People to a Deadly Painkiller
Of all the prescriptions doctors wrote for opioid painkillers in 2014, only 1 percent were for methadone. Yet…
Paying for Health Care With Trees: A Win-Win for Orangutans and Communities
“I’m a dentist by training,” says Monica Nirmala, executive director of Indonesian non-profit Alam Sehat Lestari. The name…