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Reform Health Care to Serve Patients, Not Corporate Medicine
The experiences of other wealthy nations show we can do this by expanding and improving Medicare to everyone.
Challenging Bedrock Law: “Dillon’s Rule” in Detroit and Beyond
A latent yet pervasive legal doctrine called “Dillon's Rule” is being wielded against Detroit.
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From the ER to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients’ Wages
One Missouri hospital has sued thousands of uninsured patients who couldn't pay for their care.
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What Would You Have Eaten for Christmas in Medieval Times?
If you were preparing the festive meal 600 years ago you'd have far more on your plate.
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Torture’s Time for Accountability
Will the top torture criminals and their obedient lackeys continue to escape accountability?
The Price of Private Prison
Companies outsource prison services to for-profit contractors, so every basic need is an opportunity to cut corners and make a buck.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Most Americans Don’t Realize How Climate Change Impacts Health, and More
In today's On the News segment: Most Americans don't realize the ways that climate change impacts their personal health, and more.
Fallen Heroes of 2014
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014.
Can Obama Lift the Embargo on Cuba Without Congress in Effort to Normalize US-Cuba Relations?
We look at the details of the new normalized relations between the United States and Cuba.
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SCOTUS Rules Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid for All Their Time Working
This alliance of business and government has now opened up the door for increased worker abuses and wage theft.