Bill Scher, TomPaine.com AlterNet: Health and Wellness. May 4, 2008. McCain wants to put even more health care costs on the shoulders of working families. The question is how.
Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. May 4, 2008. In the past 20 years, the U.S. has sunk from ranking No. 11 in life expectancy to No. 42. What gives?
Bernie Horn, TomPaine.com. April 30, 2008. The health care debate is not about right versus left. It's about McCain's radical scheme to dump our employer-provided health coverage into a ditch.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. April 22, 2008. The challenges our society faces with depleted energy resources, water shortages, soaring food costs all point to environmental solutions.
Charles Shaw, AlterNet. April 11, 2008. The pattern of out-of-control consumption in the U.S. is not too different from the well-known behavioral patterns of substance abusers.
Ketaki Gokhale, New America Media. April 8, 2008. High numbers of the working poor in this community don't qualify for public assistance, yet can't afford private insurance.
Susan Blumenthal, Yi-An Ko, Stephanie Safdi, Beth Hoffman, Julie Chen, Huffington Post. April 7, 2008. The health of our planet and its people are inextricably entwined.
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2008. The corporation was under no obligation whatsoever to sue the Shanks. It was a discretionary choice.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 3, 2008. "Policies that produce more egalitarian societies may explain profound health improvements."
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. April 2, 2008. Keith Olbermann says he will keep reminding people of “what they’re supporting when they go to Wal-Mart.
Stan Cox, CounterPunch. March 29, 2008. Five states are locked in fierce competition over a proposed bioterror lab that will host the world's most feared human and animal pathogens.
Larry Adelman, Unnatural Causes AlterNet: Video. March 27, 2008. A new documentary series hopes to show how economic justice, racial equality and caring communities may be the best medicines of all.
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 26, 2008. The story of the Shank family is heartbreaking in the sense that it could happen to anyone.
Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. March 20, 2008. The simple transition of a patient from one caretaker to another can result in numerous mistakes and, ultimately, patient harm.
Simon Usborne, The Independent UK. March 19, 2008. Artist John D Edwards's latest paintings tell a harrowing story: how he fought his way back from penis cancer.
Jay Walljasper, Ode. March 19, 2008. Millions of deaths in developing countries can be prevented by access to basic health care. Some medical professionals are doing something about it.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster. March 19, 2008. Scientists worldwide puzzle over an alarming and unexplained rise in the rates of autoimmune disease. Yet the media remain mute on this crisis.