Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
Ancient and medieval herbal abortifacients were effective and important to those economies.
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Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
Yet another Medicare grift. And there’s little you can do to get out of its way.
Read more...Leaked Draft Opinion Shows Supreme Court Set to Strike Down Roe v. Wade
It wasn’t hard to see that this Supreme Court would narrow or overturn Roe v. Wade. But a draft opinion is often an internal lobbying document
Read more...How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks
How young Starbucks staffers are leading the unionization charge.
Read more...Assisted Suicide Laws Increase Suicide Rates, Especially Among Women
A study on an important new legal right in some states, assisted suicide, suffers from a glaring methodological flaw.
Read more...Public Schools Fray as Pentagon Gets More Pork
More on the sorry state of US public schools and how they got there.
Read more...CDC Delenda Est
More on why the CDC is beyond redemption.
Read more...Court Should Consider Taking Over Dept. of Correction, Warns Manhattan U.S. Attorney
NYC’s notorious cesspool masquearading as a jail, Rikers Island, has failed to implement mandated reforms, which may result in a Fed takeover
Read more...Book Review: An Urgent Plea for Mental Health Care Reform
In “Healing,” psychiatrist and former NIMH head Thomas Insel argues for a more nuanced plan to fight mental illness.
Read more...Abortion Foes Played the Long Game, And They Are Winning
The U.S. is sliding toward a future where abortion is criminalized. This “new normal” disproportionately hits low-income people of color
Read more...Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Data Competition Won’t Protect Your Privacy
Regulators propose democratizing data and encouraging competition to rein in Big Tech. But that won’t do much to protect user privacy.
Read more...The Amazon Labor Union’s Fight With Amazon Is Far From Over
Amazon is challenging NLRB certification, while a vote at a nearby warehouse looms. So when will Amazon sit down to discuss a contract?
Read more...Learned Helplessness: Of Roaches, Restaurant Vents, and Reality
A worrisome case study of helpless and inaction in New York City tenants.
Read more...Colonial Taxes Built Britain. That Must Be Taught in Lessons on Empire
UK government ministers want the British Empire benefits to be taught in schools. Don’t let them ignore the death and destruction it inflicted
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