by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Apr 12, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from OtherWords, by Lindsay Koshgarian Ever wonder where your taxes go? Each year, the Institute for Policy Studies releases a tax receipt so you can find out. One item always stands out: the Pentagon—and the contractors who profit off it....
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Mar 22, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from OtherWords, by Sarah Anderson, William Rice, Zachary Tashman In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share” of...
by The Conversation | Mar 15, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Charlene Harrington, University of California, San Francisco The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey...
by The Conversation | Mar 11, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Ana Santos Rutschman, Villanova School of Law The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half. The jump—in some cases from around a little over US$10 to almost $100 for an...
by Common Dreams | Mar 3, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Thor Benson The U.S. Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group, the world’s largest health insurance company and a major provider of private Medicare Advantage plans that...
by Inequality.org | Feb 27, 2024 | Money Over People
Republished with permission from Inequality.org, by Sam Pizzigati Home sweet home. For Jeff Bezos, one of our planet’s three richest human beings, the state of Washington neatly fit that description for nearly 30 years. But then this past November Bezos suddenly...