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Medical Travel: If Bill Gates Wanted to Do Something Good for the World
Dean Baker: Suppose Bill Gates established an insurance company that gave people the option of getting some of their health care in other countries.
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How to Boycott Milk From Factory Farms
There are plenty of reasons to boycott milk from factory farms, beginning with your own health.
Government’s Call for Less Police In School Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Student activist Tre Murphy: Eric Holder and Arne Duncan's call for less use of zero-tolerance policies is a good start but much work remains to reign in the use …
In New York City’s Transformed Political Era, Progressives Take Major Posts Under Mayor de Blasio
One week after the inauguration of new mayor Bill de Blasio, Melissa Mark-Viverito has been elected speaker of the New York City Council.
Questions About the Haitian Reconstruction’s Housing Projects
A government housing project in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti raises many questions.
Caught in the Cold: Homelessness and the Polar Vortex
As a deadly polar vortex moved across the United States this week, cities scrambled to shelter the homeless, and hacker collective Anonymous is working to provide additional aid.
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USDA Moves to Approve “Agent Orange” GMO Seeds
Dow Chemical has engineered corn and soy seeds to be resistant to several herbicides, but researchers say fighting weeds with tougher chemicals is not a sustainable solution.
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GMO and “Natural” Food Fight: Treacherous Terrain
2014 is shaping up to be a decisive year for the future of food and farming.
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In a Major Shift, Medicare Wants Power to Ban Harmful Prescribers
Medicare plans to arm itself with broad new powers to better control - and potentially ban - doctors engaged in fraudulent or harmful prescribing.
Don’t Tell Me to Eat a Burger
Rather than helping others be healthy and happy, this harassment results in dissatisfaction, depression, and disorders.