healthcare system
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Militant Journalism
Eastern New Mexico: a frontline in the fight for abortion rights
The right wing is packing local governing bodies in New Mexico with hardline conservatives, many developed by anti-abortion think tanks.
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Coalition demands justice for dozens dying in Houston-area jail
With 29 people officially dead in a year’s time, countless more being released from the jail just before death, and…
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Analysis
Report: 90% of Texas pregnancy-related deaths preventable, Black women impacted most
Of 118 pregnancy-associated deaths reviewed by the MMMRC, 52 were determined to be pregnancy-related, meaning the deaths were explicitly tied…
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Analysis
Executives hide plan to shut down Atlanta’s trauma center
Owners have recently announced that the Atlanta Medical Center — which had one of only two Level 1 trauma centers…
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Militant Journalism
Unions fight back, tell Amazon to stay out of health care
On July 26 around 200 union workers and organizers from across California marched to One Medical Headquarters based in San…
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Analysis
Senator from Louisiana downplays state’s maternal mortality crisis, implies Black mothers’ lives don’t matter
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. made racist statements on Louisiana’s maternal mortality crisis.
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Militant Journalism
Candlelight vigil for Medicaid confronts Alabama’s healthcare crisis
On September 20th, community members in Mobile, Alabama, held a candlelight vigil in front of the All Saints Episcopal Church…
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Militant Journalism
Seattle vigil: ‘No justice, no peace, it’s the doctors & the police!’
Kaloni Bolton. Image: Change.org petition. Hundreds of protesters gathered at Westlake Park in Seattle on the afternoon of July 24…
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Militant Journalism
San Diego protesters take the streets to demand Medicare for All
“M4A! Make the rich pay!”
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Mothers need more than flowers
Mothers' Day is one of those Hallmark holidays that I mostly despise.
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