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May 18 2022
Opinion
America’s health care system has long been broken. Is it too late to fix it?
By some accounts, America’s health care system has been wildly successful. Innovative breakthroughs have transformed care around the world. As an industry, it dominates the country in terms of employment and income. But that success, decades in the making, hasn’t necessarily made Americans healthier than people in other developed nations, and now it threatens to knock the United States off its
Deseret NewsAug 01 2022
Opinion
How US foreign aid could save more lives
In 2021, USAID — the agency of the US government tasked with international development — disbursed $28.3 billion in foreign aid to an assortment of humanitarian causes ranging from hunger programs to medical treatment to education.
But how much good is this money doing? And is that money accomplishing as much as it could be?
The answer, it turns out, is much more difficult to
VoxJun 30 2022
Analysis
How blue cities in red states are resisting abortion bans
Mayors of blue cities in red states are leading a local charge to push back on laws criminalizing abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. But there’s only so much they can do to shield abortion providers from prosecution and improve access to the procedure in states that have made it illegal or will soon do so.
“I do anticipate that there’s more that blue cities
VoxApr 22 2020
Analysis
Some Americans Are Misinformed About The Coronavirus. How Responsible Is The Media?
Should you wear a mask when you go out in public? Yes, according to revised guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But at one of President Trump’s daily press briefings, he said that “It’s only a recommendation,” adding, “I don’t think I am going to be doing it.” What about taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, to fight COVID-19? The Food and Drug
538 (ABC News)Nov 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Do Big Companies Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes?
Corporate taxation, the details of which were once relegated to the back rooms of congressional offices and boardrooms, has become an increasingly popular talking point on both sides of the aisle.
One claim that we hear often is that big companies with massive profits pay little to no taxes. But is that accurate?
Some Say That… Big companies pay nothing in taxes Ethan HorowitzSep 21 2022
News
Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard file class-action suit against DeSantis
The group of Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) filed a class-action suit against the governor and the state’s transportation secretary on Tuesday.
The suit provides a detailed account of how the migrants came to board the two planes allegedly under false pretenses, arguing the relocations violated their Fourth
The HillJul 18 2022
News
Anthony Fauci wants to put Covid’s politicization behind him
The most famous scientist in America is facing retirement.
After more than five decades of federal service under seven presidents, Anthony Fauci says he’s leaving by the end of President Joe Biden’s term. In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, he spoke of his legacy, the hard truths about the country’s pandemic response and his desire to calm the politicization wracking the country
PoliticoOct 14 2022
Analysis
Nevada could be Democrats’ biggest nightmare
The first thing Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto wants you to understand is that Nevada elections are always close.
“Nevada is a purple state and it’s independent and it’s strong,” she told me in early October, in a union hall she’d just used for a campaign event. “I also know a lot of the polling gets Nevada wrong, so I really don’t utilize or worry about that.”
If she sounds
VoxAug 29 2022
News
Sanders pushes back on 'Republicans squawking' over Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness plan unfair -- with Sanders arguing the GOP turned a blind eye to government assistance in other sectors.
"I don't hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to billionaires," Sanders, I-Vt., told ABC "This Week" anchor George
ABC News (Online)May 23 2022
News
How Trump’s Fear of Getting Pied in the Face May Come Back to Cream Him
Former President Donald Trump’s fear of getting hit in the face with a pie was so severe that he repeatedly instructed security guards to savagely beat any hooligan who tries, his ex-attorney recently testified behind closed doors.
The Daily Beast has exclusively reviewed a recent four-hour deposition of Michael Cohen, the former Trump Organization consigliere who famously took the fall
Daily Beast