Democrats and Republicans Just Worked Together (!) to Make Progress on the Opioid Epidemic
President Trump signs the INTERDICT Act/White House Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation that will appropriate funds to buy machines that identify packages containing fentanyl, an opioid up to 100 times more powerful than morphine that is driving the overdose epidemic. The…
Sick. Uninsured. And Begging the Internet for a Lifeline.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two days after receiving a diagnosis of stage 4 breast cancer, Marisa Rahdar had to figure out how to beg for her life. “I didn’t want to do it at all,” she recalls. Rahdar is a 32-year-old bartender from Detroit, and she has insurance. Her brother,…
Here Are 2017’s Best Protest Posters
Jessica Hill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The year is nearly over, and politically speaking, it hasn’t been pretty. Plenty of outrageous, terrifying, shameful things have happened since Donald Trump took office, but from the very first day of his presidency, a massive contingent of the nation has taken to the…
RoseAnn DeMoro Has Political Enemies Everywhere. But the Nurses Union Chief Might Save Our Health Care.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Taylor CalleryOf the many public takedowns of RoseAnn DeMoro, the boss of the largest nurses’ union in America, one of the funniest is a campy YouTube video called “The Devil Wears Scrubs.” The DeMoro character arrives for a job interview wearing a red cape and horns and carrying…
Here Are the Biggest Legal Challenges Facing Trump’s Agenda in 2018
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration’s lawyers have had quite the year. Between lawsuits claiming the president illegally accepted gifts from foreign governments and a defamation case from an Apprentice alumna who has accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, the White House legal team has faced one…
As Diet-Related Illnesses Surge, a New Kind of Pharmacy Dispenses Fruit and Vegetables
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thomas FuchsSix years ago, James Stancil, 62, a former long-haul trucker, decided to move from Iowa back to his hometown of San Francisco to live with his aging mother. There was just one problem: His enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and diabetes made his body so…