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Free Markets Are Not Always the Best Medicine
In the case of health care, we know that all the assumptions behind free market optimality are grossly violated.
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Hemp Defies Hurdles to Make a Comeback in Spain
Spain is experiencing a resurgence of hemp, one of the species of cannabis with the lowest THC content, which has been used for millennia to produce textile, medicinal and …
Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspires a Revitalization of US Movement
An intellectual paradigm shift in the Caribbean and in other parts of the African diaspora is revitalizing the reparations campaign that must become a critical component of the human …
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Memorial Day: For Vets, Too Many Delays and Not Enough Parades
This Memorial Day weekend is even more poignant as news continues to break of abuses and preventable deaths in the veterans medical system.
Truthout Interviews Dahr Jamail on New Mexico Politics and Climate Change
The data on climate change suggests we're past the point of no return in terms of reversing its effects.
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Democrats Push to Restart CDC Funding for Gun Violence Research
Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation this morning that would restart the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's gun violence research efforts.
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Man Can’t Live on Cabbage Alone
Jill Richardson warns of a faulty allergy test that's gaining in popularity.
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Meet Six Nutrition Blogger Moms Who Crashed the McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting
Current trends suggest one in three kids will develop Type 2 diabetes as adults. These moms told McDonald's CEO Don Thompson what they think about the fast food industry …
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Students Now Indentured to the Banksters
Never in the history of the developed world has an entire generation had to go into debt just to get an education and a job. Until now.
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.