America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population
American became an outlier among rich countries in mortality rates pre pandemic, and Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
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The Story Behind ‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols’ Iconic Interracial Kiss
A mental health break in the way of retrospective on Nichelle Nichols, particularly for readers who saw Star Trek in its original run.
Read more...UPS Drivers Demand AC in Trucks Following Heat Wave: ‘It’s Like Walking Into Hell’
Delivery drivers work in what ought to be illegal conditions. Will anything change?
Read more...‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Why aging in the US is worse than it ought to be.
Read more...Political Polarization Is Pushing Evangelicals to a Historic Breaking Point
Some evangelicals are breaking with the right over Trump, COVID and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for social justice advocates.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of France’s 35-Hour Workweek
France’s 35-hour workweek illustrates the need to confront business power to make good on the promise of working time reduction.
Read more...Boris Johnson Is Going – but His Cronyism and Corruption Are Here to Stay
Has Johnson left a lasting mark on the Tories, or is it merely that he overshadows his entirely underwhelming potential successors?
Read more...More Monkeypox Vaccines Are Coming to NYC. Should You Get Vaccinated — And How?
“Your guide to all things monkeypox — from symptoms to where to get vaccinated in the city.”
Read more...If the Democratic Party Tried to Change, Would its Ecosystem Prevent It?
“Fixing the Democratic Party” is more daunting than most think. Most of the Party’s big-dollar ecosystem exists to keep it just as it is.
Read more...‘Crushing News’: Appeals Court Greenlights Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
The most restrictive abortion law in the US is now in effect, despite its scientifically-dubioius “heatbeat” standard.
Read more...“The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine”
On the rotten state of evidence-baded medicine, and whether there is any way out.
Read more...IM Doc Could Not Get A Monkeypox Test for a Patient. What That Says About the Sorry State of the CDC and Public Health
The US Is flying blind on monkeypox, and the CDC and public health officials are unwilling to break a sweat to correct that.
Read more...How Sustainable Manufacturing Could Help Reduce the Environmental Impact of Industry
A short overview of sustainable manufacturing, an idea whose time ought to have come.
Read more...The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it
John Bellamy Foster explains the plans to create assets on the back of everything nature does and expropriate it from the global commons.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization – Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place
How neolibearlism and idealization of markets is the latest chapter in the West’s destructive drift towards rule by oligarchs and rentiers.
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