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Discrimination affects health for lifetime: Weekly science round up

September 22, 2015 By Thomas Riggins

Vitamin C, school start time, India's private hospitals, pre-diabetes, physical effects of discrimination.

EPI plan: Tax the rich, strengthen social security, rebuild infrastructure

September 4, 2015 By PAI

By 2040, federal debt would be 54 percent of gross domestic product, not the present 74 percent - and less than debt proposed by right wingers.

Poverty and child brain damage

July 28, 2015 By Thomas Riggins

When it comes to how we treat children, UNICEF ranks the U.S. at 34 out of 35 industrialized countries; 22 percent of children in the U.S. live in poverty

Today in history: The Americans with Disabilities Act signed 25 years ago

July 24, 2015 By Special to People’s World

It was dedicated activism that accomplished these measures so that the benefits of living in a modern society can be accessed by millions more people.

Unionists, retirees to lead mass pro-Medicare rallies on July 30

July 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions also want to use the rallies to again push for "Medicare for all," namely government-run single-payer national health insurance.