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Seven Reasons Why the US’s New Mental Health Law Is Dangerous
The 21st Century Cures Act shifts money from relationship-based treatments to pharmaceuticals for mental health.
“Give Us the Names”: Strange Days at the Department of Energy
The Trump team's request for climate scientists' names echoes some ominous chapters of history.
The Inadequate and Shoddy Debate Over Health Care
What does the recent election cycle portend for health care in America? Nothing good.
Obama’s EPA Has a Weakness for Monsanto
Who calls the shots at the EPA when it comes to carcinogenic pesticides? Monsanto or scientists?
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Why the US Should Have Universal Health Care
Health care shouldn't be a messy political fight to begin with: it's an issue of basic human rights.
Trump’s Health Care Policy Appears Heavy on Complexity, Light on Mercy
Letting the states decide how to insure residents might lead to a cobweb of unwieldy regulations.
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What Trumponomics Means for Women
The new president's plan to “fix the economy” will put women workers in a fix indeed.
Before Bernie Sanders Was Michael Manley: Social Revolutionaries of the Third World
Many Third World leaders have come to office with plans for changes similar to those advocated by Sanders.
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Trump’s Economic Policies Are Unsound — but Not Because We Can’t Afford Them
Much of what economists say about Trump's plans for infrastructure and tax cuts is likely to be wrong.
Dangerous Americans: The Trump Nominees in Full
This rogue's gallery is, far and away, the most dangerous rack of nominees ever assembled.