Fresh analysis from the New Institute for Economic Thinking finds that drug prices will remain out of reach for Americans until pharmaceutical companies sever executive pay from stock price performance and the companies are banned from stock buybacks.

PBS reports: “Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner works to hold Russia accountable for atrocities.” The Ukraine-based Center for Civil Liberties will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway this Saturday. Other awardees are Ales Bialiatski from Belarus and the Russian organization Memorial, which was founded when the Soviet Union ended to document abuses under Stalin. FREDRIK…

Nursing home deaths have remained high while older Amercians’ rates of receiving Covid boosters have been lower than expected.

Congress stands ready to give a big raise to an agency that failed to account for more than 60 percent of its assets.

Although adults over the age of 65 make up only 16 percent of the U.S. population, they account for nearly 90 percent of current Covid deaths. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field weighs in on why.

A new study finds that vaccination rates may be 17 percent higher in cities with paid sick leave policies compared to cities without such policies. 

In his latest article “Ukraine War Evolves: Slouching Toward Armageddon”, Professor Falk harkens back to the Yalta Agreement on maintaining spheres of influence, and how a self-censoring Western media has propogated state propaganda as the US continues to torpedo any attempts at a resolution to the conflict.

Elder’s team documented high levels of PFAS draining into the water at Honolulu earlier this year.

Philip Schellekens argues that reported Covid-19 mortality rates suggest that the pandemic has been “mild” in developing countries––but further examination leads to exactly the opposite conclusion.

“Two things everyone needs to understand: 1) It is BECAUSE they always counted on Biden/Congress forcing a deal down workers’ throats that rail carriers saw no reason to bargain in good faith for 2-plus years or to change the profit-maximizing practices that have blown up the supply chain. So, if you just started caring about…