Dana Brown
Dana Brown is the deputy director of The Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative. She can be reached at dbrown (at) democracycollaborative (dot) org.
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Views Thursday, December 20, 2018 At Last, a Good First Step Toward Public Pharmaceuticals Public production of essential medicines is an idea whose time has come. Broad-based support for taking this step has been growing, and on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced a bill that would create the public Office of Drug Manufacturing ( ODM ) to do just that. The... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 09, 2018 A Nobel Prize-Winning Cancer Therapy Will Be Unaffordable for Most Americans. Public Pharmaceuticals Can Help Change That. Last week, researchers James Allison and Tasuku Honjo were awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on cancer immunotherapies, heralded by the Nobel committee as "seminal discoveries" that "constitute a landmark in our fight against cancer." Immunotherapies like those developed on... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 19, 2014 55 Years Is Enough: Lift the Cuba Embargo Dressed in a blazer, sweater, and gloves to protect him from the cold of a DC winter, petite 79-year old Reverend Raul Suarez loves to tell his story. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Colombian Prosecutor Charging Human Rights Defender is Implicated in Forced Disappearance After years of enduring threats from paramilitary organizations, David Ravelo, a Colombian human rights defender, economist and founding member of the Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights (CREDHOS), has been imprisoned for the last two years based on the testimony of demobilized paramilitaries. The circumstances surrounding the case against him are filled with irregularities, including accusations of witness tampering and serious questions about witness credibility. Read more |