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Why the Right Really Hates the Postal Service

May 24, 2025 By Independent Media Institute Leave a Comment

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: economy, Health care, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, Time-Sensitive, Trump, voting rights

Why Sandbagging Public Servants Invites Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

April 19, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Workers who issue licenses and permits for the city of Dallas fought back in 2024 when officials moved them into a building that failed to meet the very same safety requirements they enforce at dozens of other office towers.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: education, GOP/Right Wing, Health care, Labor, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics

One Problem With Edibles: Dogs Sometimes Eat Them

April 6, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

As marijuana use grows, accidental intoxication in animals is becoming more common, raising questions about safety, regulation, and the need for better research.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Animal Rights, Asia/India, book, Drug Policy, Drugs, Drugs/Marijuana, Europe/Greece, Europe/Russia, Europe/United Kingdom, Health care, North America/United States of America, Opinion

A National Asbestos-Exposure Registry of Veterans Could Combat Misdiagnosis in Mesothelioma Cases Nationwide

March 29, 2025 By Egberto Willies

Many U.S. veterans are suffering from asbestos-related illnesses due to past military exposure, highlighting the urgent need for a national asbestos-exposure registry to improve early detection, diagnosis, and access to VA benefits.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: environment, Health care, North America/United States of America, Opinion

How Musk Sold Out America’s Veterans

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

The VA is just one of Musk’s targets, and his attacks on the department come at a time when more and more veterans require care because of ailments contracted in Vietnam, Iraq, and other combat zones.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia/Vietnam, Democratic Party, economy, GOP/Right Wing, Health care, Middle East/Iraq, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Trump, War

Participatory Budgeting Includes Community Members in the Public Funding Process

March 15, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

As governmental authoritarianism intensifies, citizens “double down on democracy” through the participatory model.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Asia/China, Community, economy, Europe/Finland, Health care, Human Rights, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, South America/Argentina, South America/Brazil

Monkeys Infected With Transmissible Diseases Are Trucked Across U.S.—Where’s the Transportation Department?

March 2, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Experimenting on monkeys is cruel—and keeping them is a threat to public health.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa, Africa/Mauritius, Animal Rights, Asia, environment, Health care, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Science, Trade

Anthropology for Kids and Visual Assembly Are Reimagining Work, Education, Money, and More.

March 2, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

These interactive books and events encourage fresh perspectives on long-standing social systems.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: book, Community, education, Europe/England, Europe/Germany, Europe/Iceland, Europe/Russia, Europe/Spain, food, Health care, North America/Cuba, North America/United States of America, Opinion

What Is Our Collective Solution to Health Injustice?

December 22, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The fight over health care in the U.S. is about competing narratives: profit-making versus collective well-being. We need to articulate a publicly funded solution now—before corporate spin silences us.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: economy, Health care, Media, news, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Time-Sensitive

Meet the Collective Offering an Alternative to the ‘Mental Health Industrial Complex’ for Underserved Communities

October 19, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The Fireweed Collective offers online and in-person healing.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Community, Health care, Human Rights, immigration, North America/Mexico, North America/Puerto Rico, North America/United States of America, Opinion

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