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Cancer treatment in America runs on a simple, brutal economic model: the sicker we stay, the more money gets made. Chemotherapy drugs approved by the FDA in 2012 were priced at over $100,000 per patient per year—eleven out of twelve of them. Some immunotherapy treatments run $15,000 per dose. The cancer industry generates hundreds of…Continue reading They Buried it for COVID. Now They’re Doing It for Cancer
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For decades, as if there are no consequences beyond potential death or dismemberment on the battlefield, our service members are asked to put their bodies on the line. What they aren’t told—what the government has known and consistently failed to disclose—is that the enemy isn’t always on the other side of the battlefield. Sometimes the…Continue reading Serve, Suffer, Submit Your DNA: How America Turned Its Veterans Into a Lifetime Experiment
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We are being watched. Most of us know it on some level, the way we sense a room has cameras before we spot them. What we tend to underestimate—badly—is just how many systems are running simultaneously, how much they already know, and how little any of it required our permission. A thread posted to X…Continue reading No Warrant Required: Eyes Everywhere in Surveillance America
When common people take on multinational corporations, violent rhetoric, inhuman directives, abuse, and bullying are often the methods chosen to quell the activist spirit. In 2009, CBS News reported that pharmaceutical giant Merck made a “hit list” of doctors who criticized its deadly, and now withdrawn, drug Vioxx. The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained…Continue reading Despite Corporate Threats, Moms Beat Monsanto In Quest For Truth
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Following today’s passage of Senate Bill 276 (SB276) out of the Senate by a vote of 27 to 11, protests erupted in the hallways, outside the chambers and eventually center outside Governor Gavin Newsom’s office. The protests are still in progress at the time of this writing. The bill now moves to the desk of…Continue reading Protests Erupt Outside CA Gov Newsom’s Office Following SB276 Vote
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After meeting with protest late last week, California Senate Bill 276 (SB276) was heard on the Assembly floor Tuesday afternoon where it passed with a vote of 47 to 17. The proposed bill would give state public health officials the power to override the judgment of private physicians. SB276 would place the granting or withholding…Continue reading California SB276 Passes Assembly, Moves to Senate
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By Jefferey Jaxen Last week’s landmark $572 million judgement against Johnson and Johnson has triggered a torrent of PR stunts and legal maneuvers from opioid makers in the few days since the stunning decision. At a press conference immediately following the judgement on August 26, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter was asked if this was…Continue reading Opioid Makers Scramble to Settle Ahead of Ohio Trial, Purdue Mulls Bankruptcy
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Today, the hotly contested California Senate Bill 276 (SB276) was heard in front of the Appropriations Committee chaired by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez. While previously sitting in the suspense file, where the Appropriations Committee sends any bill with an annual cost of more than $150,000 to be considered after the state budget has been prepared, SB276…Continue reading Protesting Parents Halt California SB276 Hearing
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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee votes Friday on SB276. Today thousands of Californians who oppose this bill are at the state capitol encouraging legislators to protect the doctor/patient relationship.
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