health
ACA needs “patients and subscribers” movement
February 20, 2014In West Virginia, we have some of the shortest life spans, highest poverty rates, oldest median ages, worst educational investments, and most dangerous work environments in the country.
Read moreWest Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
Read moreTap the disability rights movement’s untapped power
February 13, 2014Though Marx and Engels may not have predicted the rise of an engaged population of people with disabilities, they did predict the push toward "improvement."
Read moreMy patients suffer because GOP rejects Medicaid expansion
February 11, 2014While it is common knowledge that Missouri did not participate in Medicaid expansion in 2013, it is less widely known how this decision impacts thousands of poor and working class Missourians.
Read moreIn states like Missouri and Texas, reproductive rights still struggle
February 4, 2014Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case, sought to make abortion legal, safe, and accessible, but 41 years later attacks on reproductive health care are still going strong.
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