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The Price of a Free Market
Last Friday, the Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report, and the numbers were...disappointing. Expectations had rested around adding ap…
4 years, 10 months ago
Trans* Formations
There’s a long history of campaigns to “save the children,” whether they need saving or not. This week, On the Media looks at the latest: an effort t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Still Processing the MOVE Bombing, 36 Years Later
Last Friday, remains of at least one victim of the infamous 1985 MOVE bombing were turned over to a Philadelphia funeral home, capping more than a we…
4 years, 10 months ago
War of the Words
This week we take a close look at how the words we choose can unknowingly condemn people caught up in the criminal justice system. Plus, the costs an…
4 years, 10 months ago
It's Gonna Be May Day
International Workers' Day is celebrated with rallies and protests all over the world on May 1, but it's not a big deal in the United States. Back in…
4 years, 10 months ago
Not Ready For That Conversation
A jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty in the case that sparked a historic wave of protests last summer. This week we examine how fears over those pro…
4 years, 11 months ago
A Little-Known Statute Compels Medical Research Transparency. Compliance Is Pretty Shabby.
Evidence-based medicine requires just that: evidence. Access to the collective pool of knowledge produced by clinical trials is what allows researche…
4 years, 11 months ago
You Better Work!
From the Johnson & Johnson pause to talk of “break-through cases” among the already-vaccinated, we’re facing an onslaught of dispiriting and confusin…
4 years, 11 months ago
On the Inside Looking Out
The past year most of us were awash in a news cycle driven by the pandemic. Daily we grappled with infection data, vaccine updates, social restrictio…
4 years, 11 months ago
Broken Promise
With Congress set to consider bills next week that could set the future of Puerto Rican self-determination, we consider how a 70-year-old promise to …
4 years, 11 months ago