Medical debt can sink a person's credit score so low that qualifying for loans, and applying for jobs and apartments can become a harrowing experience.
Human Rights & Justice
The ongoing water insecurity in Jackson, Mississippi exemplifies the threat to poor communities and people of color. In late August, Jackson’s largest water treatment plant collapsed from severe flooding worsened by climate change.
The Onion's amicus brief to the Supreme Court is a triple threat: masterfully written, draws attention to an important case that could easily skate by unnoticed, and nails the argument.
The Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling on abortion has changed the country, impacting those already most vulnerable and unleashing a new political energy.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington argues there some current and future members of Congress should be disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by DeSantis had actually been pursuing legal immigration channels when they were conned into leaving their shelter. They experienced cruelty here akin to what they fled in their home country.
The idea that cruelty can serve as a political tool should give us all pause. Our humanity as a nation is at stake when politicians seek support from those who view some people as subhuman and thus seek to divide us.
A Federal judge basically said that using the Preventive Services Task Force (a nongovernmental volunteer advisory panel) recommendations to compel the offering of free services violates the Constitution.
The latest revelations about Trump's stash of classified documents has prompted observers to say that obstruction of justice charges are at stake. The specific crime at issue is obstructing a federal investigation.
Tina Peters, a Republican who has promoted election conspiracy theories, is alleged to have facilitated a security breach in her own election office in which allowed unauthorized copies of election system hard drives.
Baumann was instrumental in driving Bayer to buy Monsanto and has been the public face of the company’s continued insistence that Monsanto’s Roundup, and other glyphosate-based herbicides, are not carcinogenic.
Dani Yuengling researched how much a needle biopsy of a lump in her breast might cost. The hospital website showed it would be about $1,400 for someone without insurance. Her final bill was nearly three times that.
An analysis of the frequency of enslavement in armed conflicts paints a disturbing picture. Most conflicts involving enslavement take place in low-income countries, often referred to as the Global South.
"It’s time we crack down on the big, price gouging corporations that are making record profits while jacking up prices for all of us," said John Fetterman, Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate.
The League of Women Voters, long known for focusing on voter registration and other fundamentals, became more willing to speak boldly during the Trump era. Now, some on the right are portraying it as a tool of the radical left.
The conservative narrative cycling around is that Governors Abbott and Ducey have "stuck it to the Dems" by "bringing the border crisis" to their front doors. In reality, groups have safely welcomed thousands of asylum seekers with dignity.