All Views Articles for 2018-10-25

Thursday, October 25, 2018
With Medicare for All, there would be no need for Medicare Advantage plans. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc) Diane Archer
10 Reasons Medicare Advantage Plans Will Never Meet Our Needs
A robust national health insurance program should put people before profits
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By turning away from cancer-causing combustion engines cars and towards zero-emission cars and trucks, Ford can truly help put the brakes on the breast cancer epidemic.(Photo: Screenshot) Karuna Jaggar
Ford, Put the Brakes on Breast Cancer
We can see through the pink-tinted smoke screen of Ford’s Warriors in Pink. Truth be told, Ford’s Warriors in Pink program is just another example of “pinkwashing.”
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Reese Erlich
What the Khashoggi Case Tells Us About "Terrorism"
In most cases, political violence is only a big issue when it's done by our enemies
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If you ask—and few Americans do these days—why this country’s losing wars persist, the answer should be, at least in part: because there’s no accountability. (Photo:Flickr/cc) William Astore
Why American Leaders Persist in Waging Losing Wars
Hint: They’re winning in other ways
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Dan Froomkin
Political Journalists Need to Stop Stifling Their Outrage
Let’s be real: The vast majority of political journalists have been stifling their outrage ever since Donald Trump became a plausible candidate for president.
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The administration touted Kavanaugh’s pro-business record during his twelve-year tenure as an appellate judge, asserting that the nominee had voted to “overrule federal regulators seventy-five times on cases involving clean air, consumer protections, net neutrality and other issues.”(Photo: Screenshot) Bill Blum
Unequal Justice: Why Trump Picked Kavanaugh
The Trump Administration lauded Kavanaugh as a judge who “protects American businesses from illegal job-killing regulation.”
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Chuck Idelson
How to Fully Protect People with Pre-Existing Conditions: It's Called Medicare for All
While Democratic candidates have rightfully exposed the outlandish lies by Trump and numerous Republicans suddenly acting as defenders of the sick, the inconvenient truth is that even with the ACA, insurance companies have found numerous ways to skirt the law, part of their business goals which...
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