health care
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Pittsburgh: Profitable ‘non-profit’ should pay taxes
Despite its status, the “$10 billion integrated global health enterprise” can be described as anything but charitable.
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Government shut down, 800,000 Federal workers laid off – Why?
The official shutdown of the U.S. government underscores the fully reactionary character of the capitalist-controlled political process in this country.…
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‘Obamacare’: what it is and what it is not
Liberals have rushed to the law’s defense, while reactionaries call it a waste of resources, an acceleration of “Taxmageddon,” and…
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Adjunct instructor’s death illustrates evils of capitalism
This story of the death of a beloved 83-year-old French teacher is sad and it illustrates some of the worst…
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Albuquerque protests proposed anti-abortion initiative
Almost 300 people came together in Albuquerque’s downtown on Aug. 20 to mobilize against a referendum that would ban abortions…
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Pushing the mentally ill into prisons
A talk given at a forum organized by the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) at…
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Coal giants move to deny workers’ benefits
A battle between capitalists and workers is raging in St. Louis, Mo. Peabody Coal, Arch Coal and a dubious spin-off…
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Annual report rates best and worst countries in which to be a mother
Just in time for Mother's Day, the charity Save the Children issued its annual report on the best and worst…
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Oncologists protest cancer drug profiteering
More than 100 cancer specialists issued a statement April 25 condemning the high price of cancer medications, which now can…
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Human Rights Watch lies about Chávez and Venezuela
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez Frias has died, and true to form, the establishment press and so-called “human rights” organizations are…
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