There’s a difference between candidates who have used VA health care and want to preserve it, and those who haven’t and want to privatize it.
Health & Social Policy
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Appeasing Trump Is a Futile Sugar High
How the American Diabetes Association tried to hide a critical editorial published in its own journal—to no avail
Posted inLaw and Justice
Economic Hit Men for Gambling Apps
Former solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar is writing justifications for prediction market gambling apps, joining several Biden administration colleagues defending the industry.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Ignores Veteran Suicides in Private Facilities
As the suicide rate increases, federal officials deliberately overlook the human lives at risk.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Public-Health Officials Cross Their Fingers During World Cup
Despite a challenging nationwide climate for disease prevention and control, officials in Texas are stepping up their efforts at the 2026 World Cup.
Posted inPolitics
Billionaire Wealth Tax Headed to the California Ballot
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who opposes the tax, tried to intimidate proponents into pulling the measure. It didn’t work.
Posted inLaw and Justice
20th Immigrant Dies in Trump’s Detention Camps
The increase in deaths can’t be attributed to population increase, according to a new Human
Rights Watch analysis.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Military Families Are Going Hungry—and the Numbers Don’t Yet Reflect the War
The number of families struggling with food insecurity nearly tripled in the last two years.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Another Bait and Switch on VA Care
Under cover of delivering rightful benefits to veterans, a new Republican-backed bill in Congress takes them away.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Feds Deport ICE Detainee Organizer to Ecuador
Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.
