Pfizer Starts the Year by Hiking Prices on 125 Drugs
After raking in enormous profitsPfizer, a U.S. pharmaceutical giant, has started the new year by raising the prices for more than 120 of the drugs it makes. This follows the release of the coronavirus vaccination in 2021. That’s according to a new reportPatients for Affordable Drugs (P4AD) released Thursday a report that found that 554 […]
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Chronic Underfunding of Public Housing Is Putting 1.2 Million Families at Risk
This article was originally published in the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit investigative news agency based in Washington, D.C. More than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated Congress needed to spend $26 billion on construction projects for the nation’s stock of aging public housing developments. After years of […]
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Five Starbucks Locations Have Filed to Unionize Over the Past Six Days
Starbucks workers are filing for unionization at a rapid pace. Five Starbucks locations in five states have filed for union elections within the past six days. Eugene, Oregon workers Filed to unionize last Friday. Soon, locations in Chicago and Cleveland followed. with their filings. On Tuesday, workers in Hopewell, New JerseyTheir petitions were filed; workers […]
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DC Mayor Pushes Proof of Vaccine, but Members of Congress Push Back
Muriel Bowser, D.C. Mayor, is the latest left-leaning mayor to establish a proof of vaccination mandate. Starting on Saturday, anyone 12 or older who wants to eat at a restaurant, go to a concert, or see a movie in the nation’s capital will have to present proof of vaccination against COVID-19. Ralph Norman (Republican from […]
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CNN’s ‘Flamethrowers’ Melt Down Over Fox News, Trump
Fox News announced on Jan. 10 that Jesse Watters would become the permanent host of the network’s weeknight 7 p.m. hour in two weeks. CNN was the worst network, with Erin Burnett being beaten by Fox in that hour by a rotating roster of substitute hosts over the past year. CNN’s Brian Stelter tweeted, “Jesse […]
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Activists Are Challenging Laws That Enable Vulture Funds to Exploit Global South
Cyn Rodriguez is an organizer with Colectiva Solidaridad, a Puerto Rican independence organization.Collective Solidarity), was sitting in the 350-seat auditorium of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House when they recorded a man who rose from his seat during the Fiscal Oversight and Management Board’s (FOMB) 31st “public meeting” on December 17, 2021. The man began […]
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Republicans Are Now Indistinguishable From the Violent Mob of January 6
On January 5, 2022, one day before the anniversary of the right-wing storming of the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Ted Cruz called the event a “violent terrorist attack.” That evening, Tucker Carlson of Fox News Cruz was criticized for his remarks. Cruz was reprimanded for his remarks the next night. appeared on Carlson’s show to beg […]
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Sanders Introduces Bill to Send N95s to Everyone as Biden Considers Mask Plan
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), has introduced legislation to send N95 Masks to U.S. homes, as the Biden administration stalls on plans to distribute high-quality masks for all Americans. “Today I introduced legislation, along with more than 50 of my colleagues, to produce N95 masks, one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of […]
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Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Only Radical Change Will End Overdose Crisis
A pair of legally sanctioned overdose prevention centers — in which people can use illicit drugs under medical supervision — began taking clients in New York City in late November, potentially opening the door for similar facilities in other cities. The announcement was a rare bright spot in the city. increasingly terrifyingMedia coverage of the […]
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Manchin Signals Unwillingness Toward Backing Biden’s Calls for Filibuster Reform
Sen. Joe Manchin (D. West Virginia), has made his conditions for backing reforms in the filibuster. They are so strict that such changes to the controversial Senate rule are unlikely to occur. Just before President Joe Biden, Tuesday A speech was delivered in Atlanta, Georgia on voting rights, and the need for reform of the […]
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