NIH Praised for Standing Up to Moderna in Vaccine Patent Fight
Public health campaigners applauded the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday for standing its ground in a patent fight with Moderna, which claimed in a recent filing that U.S. government scientists did not co-invent technology at the heart of the pharmaceutical giant’s shot. Dr. Francis Collins is the director of NIH. told Reuters Wednesday that […]
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200+ Global Scientists Urge Immediate Large-Scale Action to Limit Global Warming
As a global group of hundreds of scientists urged negotiators at COP26 to acknowledge the latest climate science by committing to “immediate, strong, rapid, sustained, and large-scale actions,” the head of the United Nations expressed pessimism Thursday that the talks will end with an agreement limiting warming to the key threshold of 1.5°C. In an […]
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We Work Too Damn Much. Let’s Demand a 4-Day Workweek by 2022.
Think about next week. Imagine you could do it. What would you do with an extra day of freedom? Do you want to sleep? Do you want to catch up on doctor appointments? Call your friend. Spend the evening with your family watching movies. If it feels strange to imagine slowing down, then you’re not […]
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Judge Tells Trump He’s Not a King — or President — in Executive Privilege Case
On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled against former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege, declaring that the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol breach has the right to view documents from Trump’s final weeks in the White House. Trump cannot block the January 6 commissionJudge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District […]
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Warren Calls for Stricter Enforcement After Trump Team Found Violating Hatch Act
After receiving a report A government watchdog on TuesdayFound that at least 13 Trump officials knew they had violated a law against campaigning while in government positions, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.Massachusetts), and Rep. Bill Pascrell(D-New Jersey), are calling for the passage a bill to punish the officials and prevent future violations. The Political CRIMES ActThe […]
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Republican Who Voted for Infrastructure Bill Got Death Threat Over Vote, He Says
As the GOP condemns party members who voted for the infrastructure bill in last week’s House vote, Republican Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan) has shared a voicemail he received over his “yes” vote from an angry caller who threatened his life. The message, which was obtained by The Detroit News, is riddled with profanities and expresses […]
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Right-Wing Attacks on Native Child Welfare Law Should Frighten Us All
grandriver / E+ / Getty Photographs The Indian Youngster Welfare Act (ICWA) has been challenged extra instances up to now decade than the Inexpensive Care Act. On this episode of “Motion Memos,” Native journalists Kelly Hayes and Rebecca Nagle speak in regards to the right-wing plot to convey down a toddler welfare regulation and why […]
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Let’s Turn Rising Generations Into War Resisters Rather Than Veterans
As a veteran who turned into an antiwar activist after deploying twice to Afghanistan, I’ve been railing against the Veterans Day is toxicAnd calling for an end of the war in Afghanistan every single year for the past ten years. This year, following the official end to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, there […]
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Why Did the DoD Abandon a Report Tracking 139 Military Mental Health Programs?
Air Force Capt. Air Force Capt. Ben Landry suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts. He checked himself into Cedar Springs Hospital, Colorado in 2020. He was very lucky. “I got support from my unit,” he said. However, not everyone in the hospital did. Captain Landry heard that officers sent letters of reprimand to troops for […]
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Kamala Harris’ PR Trip to Paris Does Nothing to Help Her Approval Ratings
Past presidents went on foreign trips when their approval ratings dropped. Sometimes this works, but more often it doesn’t, because failure at home often follows them abroad. Global leaders can sense the twin of failure, weakness. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose poll numbers and favorability among the public and even her fellow Democrats have sunk […]
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