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Commentary Solomon: Health Care and Ghosts of War

Commentary, June, 21 2008 Norman Solomon
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Speaking in a time of war, Martin Luther King Jr. said: "Somehow this madness must cease."

Znet Article Lendman: SuperCorridor Defeat? Don't Bet On It

Znet Article, June, 20 2008 Stephen Lendman
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It's planned across Texas from Mexico to Oklahoma, would have annexed huge private land tracts, and may later on take much of it anyway. Enough to threaten organizations like the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), Texas Far...

Znet Article Baker: Insurance Fraud: One for the Redundancy Department?

Znet Article, June, 16 2008 Dean Baker
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The health insurance system in the United States works great, as long as you stay healthy. It's only people who need medical care who have problems.

Znet Article Baker: Firefighters and Prescription Drugs

Znet Article, June, 04 2008 Dean Baker
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Suppose your house is burning down with your family trapped inside. When the fire department arrives at the scene, they tell you the rescue will cost $1 million. After all, aren't your family and your house worth the money?

Commentary Sandronsky: In Sacramento, water woes grow, Voluntary conservation reigns for now

Commentary, June, 04 2008 Seth Sandronsky
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A suburb of 109,000 people in Placer County, 16 northeast of Sacramento on Interstate 80, the city of Roseville's demand for water from the American River via Folsom Lake outstrips the supply. Why? Blame last year's drought plus a rain- and snow-f...

Zmag Article Brecher: Doctor Wall Street

Zmag Article, June, 02 2008 Jeremy Brecher
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A special pamphlet on the history of health care coverage in the U.S.

Zmag Article Peters: War on Communities

Zmag Article, June, 02 2008 Cynthia Peters
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Thanks to the organizing efforts of City Life/Vida Urbana and the courage of community members willing to physically block the eviction and risk arrest, the Meyers family won a temporary reprieve from losing their home.

Znet Article Shah: FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger

Znet Article, May, 20 2008 Sonia Shah
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With hardly a word in the mainstream press, the FDA has gutted the rules restraining drug companies from exploiting clinical trial subjects in developing countries.

Znet Article Baker: Low-Income Renters to Pay for Housing Bailout

Znet Article, May, 19 2008 Dean Baker
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Just to remind everyone of where things stand, Congress was wrestling with the situation of several million low- and moderate-income families, who are facing foreclosures on their homes. The main problem here is that they were pushed to buy over-p...

Znet Article Weissman: Pharmaceutical Payola -- Drug Marketing to Doctors

Znet Article, May, 17 2008 Robert Weissman
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Last week, a Congressional committee properly raked Big Pharma over the coals for misleading advertising of pharmaceuticals.

Znet Article Baker: Universal Health Care or John Care

Znet Article, May, 12 2008 Dean Baker
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With the Democratic presidential race winding down, the presidential campaign can again focus on the real issues facing the country. At the top of the list, alongside ending the Iraq War, is providing universal health care.

Znet Article Schechter: Will the Mortgage Industry Pay for Its Crimes?

Znet Article, May, 09 2008 Danny Schechter
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There is a time in the life of every writer when you find yourself fearing that you have become a robo call phone machine -- repeating the same message over and over and with diminishing results.

Znet Article Weissman: Big Pharma Digs In

Znet Article, May, 03 2008 Robert Weissman
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The nations of the world are currently debating how to design new medical research and development (R&D) mechanisms to serve the twin goals of promoting innovation to meet the particular needs of developing countries and ensuring that important me...

Znet Article Weissman: Medical R&D That Works for the Developing World

Znet Article, May, 02 2008 Robert Weissman
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Can the world settle on a medical research and development (R&D) system that develops medicines and other products to meet priority health needs and makes those products available on an affordable basis?

Znet Article Goodman: Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti

Znet Article, May, 01 2008 Amy Goodman
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Food riots are erupting around the world. Protests have occurred in Egypt, Cameroon, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal. Sarata Guisse, a Senegalese demonstrator, told Reuters: “We are holding this demonstration bec...

Commentary Monbiot: The Great Consolidation

Commentary, April, 30 2008 George Monbiot
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Everything is getting bigger and further away. Hospitals, post offices, schools and prisons are being "rationalised" and "consolidated". The government says that this process improves efficiency. Instead, it outsources inefficiency: we must travel...

Commentary Sandronsky: Standardizing Learning: Rethinking a policy of one-size-fits-all

Commentary, April, 29 2008 Seth Sandronsky
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Talk about the daily grind of education. Every day in countless classrooms across the U.S., teachers are using standardized curriculum to prepare their students to take and score highly on high-stakes achievement tests. But critics say forcing K-...

Znet Article Baker: Homeownership: The Fast Path to Poverty

Znet Article, April, 27 2008 Dean Baker
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The Commerce Department reported last month that homeownership among African Americans had dropped to 46.7 percent in the third quarter, three full percentage points below its peak level in 2004. This is a remarkably fast decline. In the last thre...

Znet Article Weisbrot: Bat Boy Lives - As Do Myths About Social Security

Znet Article, April, 27 2008 Mark Weisbrot
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Despite the defeat of President Bush's attempt to partially privatize Social Security, the mass misunderstanding of America's largest and most successful anti-poverty program persists. This was evident on Sunday's Meet the Press with Tim Russert, ...

Znet Article Baker: Can't Afford That Operation? Fly to Another Country

Znet Article, April, 27 2008 Dean Baker
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The congressional budget office (CBO) releases its updated long-term projections for Medicare and Medicaid this week. They will almost certainly show a frightening story.

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