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Trump’s Plan for Drug Pricing Executive Order Is a Big Pharma Wish List
Trump's planned executive order on drug pricing goes out of its way to end existing discounts to low-income people.
Venezuela Is Under Attack for Asserting That Black Lives Matter
Venezuela's audacity in standing up to racism and racist US imperialism has earned it the wrath of US mainstream media.
If Brazil Allows Terra Legal Changes, Land Grabbers Win and the Amazon Loses
New bill would alter federal program meant to provide peasants with small land plots into a land giveaway for big landowners.
Why the South Still Has Such High HIV Rates
In the southern United States, the numbers of HIV cases have not declined and have even increased in some rural areas.
Sustainability Checks on Unilever Plantations Shouldn’t Be Used as Proof of Compliance With Workers’ Human Rights
“All of these companies are benefiting from, and contributing to, severe labor abuses in their palm oil supply chain.”
What You Need to Know About Trump’s Plan to Restrict Birth Control Access
What is the contraceptive mandate?
Should This College Operator Run a Key Federal Oversight Panel?
Kaiser's similarities with Trump, make his ascendancy to NACIQI chairmanship troubling.
Trump Is Aligning Himself With the Saudi Royal Family, With Potentially Disastrous Consequences
Trump's all-in support for Saudi Arabia in its war doesn't, in fact, come out of the blue.
The Stakes of the Supreme Court’s Partisan Gerrymandering Case in Wisconsin
A high court decision against partisan gerrymandering would be a crucial step toward free and fair elections in the US.
A Psychedelic Spin on “National Security”: The Summer of Surprisingly Political Love
The quest for a more balanced approach to security in the 1960s pointed a way toward at least the possibility of an American world of diminished fears.