When Carmen Garza immigrated to the U.S. at age 27 to Indiana, she was pursuing the american dream, which over the last 30 years has dwarfed into an actual dream for formerly middle class people. Carmen and her husband Robert lived, loved, and worked in East Chicago, Indiana, raising two daughters. Robert was a proud steelworker; Carmen a proud housewife …

Johnson & Johnson, once the “Most Trusted Brand in America,” has surely had more than its share of legal troubles in recent years. The pharmaceutical and health care products giant is reaping the harvest it has sown – in some cases, decades ago. The most recent cause of action: the seemingly innocuous Baby Powder, used by generations of women as …

Senator Bernie Sanders understands exactly why the Democratic Party was beaten so badly in 2016, and he’s urging the Democratic Party to change their strategy quickly if they want to see electoral success in the future. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Of all the people that are in any way associated with …

In the wake of a report coming out of West Virginia this week on a veritable flood of opioids being sold in the state’s rural communities, Vermont senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling for an investigation and prosecution of the distribution companies involved. This situation was recently exposed by reporter Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette-Mail in …

A verdict has been delivered in yet another case against corporate giant DuPont concerning their deliberate dumping of a toxic chemical into the Ohio river which resulted in the illness and death of many in the surrounding area. On Wednesday morning, the Ohio court ruled that DuPont must pay out $2 million to an individual who claimed that his testicular …

Last week, Drug Safety News brought you a story about the growing opioid epidemic in the U.S. and how rural regions of the country have been the most affected. This was according to a report by the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office that was released earlier this year. Now, an investigative report by the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette-Mail pinpoints and highlights …

The state of Texas has announced that they will be cutting $350 million from Medicaid services, with most of those cuts going towards health for disable children. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: The state of Texas has officially cut $350 million from the state’s Medicaid program, which is actually going to come …