Senate Committee Passes Potential First Step to Radically Lower Drug Prices
Different ways of paying for drug development could generate more drugs that we desperately need more cheaply.
Politics
Years After #MeToo, Defamation Cases Increasingly Target Victims Who Can’t Afford to Speak Out
Sexual abuse victims without the resources to fight off lawsuits may feel forced to recant their accusations — or never speak out in the first place.
The End of Roe
Testifying Against Texas, Women Denied Abortions Relive the Pregnancies That Almost Killed Them
One plaintiff vomited while recounting her ordeal. The case marks the first time patients denied abortions have sued a state since Roe was overturned.
Origins of Covid
Key Scientist in Covid Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant
Kristian Andersen had a major grant proposal on Anthony Fauci’s desk while writing a paper exonerating an NIH-funded lab in Wuhan, documents show.
Voices
Atlanta City Leaders Are Subverting Democracy to Save Cop City
With a referendum against the police facility in the works, Atlanta is making sure it won’t be valid. Activists have other ways to fight.
As Democrats Line Up Behind Israel’s Right-Wing Government, One Progressive Candidate Says He Is Unafraid of AIPAC
Pervez Agwan is challenging AIPAC-endorsed Rep. Lizzie Fletcher in a recently redrawn Texas district.
No Labels Board Member: If MLK Were Alive Today, He’d Be Aligned With Joe Manchin and No Labels
Manchin and a group of failed moderate politicians assembled in New Hampshire on Monday to tout No Labels’ 73-page centrist manifesto.
Energy Company Plotted Gas Plant in Small Pennsylvania Town — But No One Told Residents
Lawmakers helped with a plan to put the natural gas export facility in already polluted Chester, Pennsylvania.
Voices
Today’s Class War Is the 1 Percent Versus the People Just Below Them
America’s privileged technocrats are not ready for what’s about to happen to them.
UPS CEO’s Political Donations Boost Anti-Union Republicans
Carol Tomé, who positioned herself as a friend of workers when she took the helm at UPS, is facing a potential strike by her workforce.