A paralyzed man chose MAiD after being left on a stretcher for four days without proper care.

This is a dire wake-up call—when it's easier to opt for assisted death than it is to receive basic care, we've failed.

the Pulitzers will be given out in a month. will Palestinian journalists receive a special citation a la their Ukrainian counterparts?

One-fifth of people on Medicaid—20 million people—were kicked off it in the past year. Half reported skipping care due to costs. 5 million are still uninsured. That suggests that Medicaid unwinding is responsible for 20% of all uninsured people in America kff.org/medicaid/poll-…

Stunning and alarming story from Varsha Bansal on Rest of World this morning.

As Eric Garcetti put it earlier this week: 'if you want to see the future, come to India.'

New Interview: I talked to the journalist Yuval Abraham about his investigations into AI-backed targeting systems being used in Gaza, how Israel’s command structure makes decisions, & the controversy surrounding him being accused of antisemitism in Berlin. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/i…

That's not a statement about how much abuse there is on farms -- whether best-of-the-best regenerative organic or CAFOs. It's about whether we know. I don't think we do.

I thought the story would be about this one farm. But it's really not. It's about how there is no system ensuring the welfare of farm animals, just a chimera of one. twitter.com/AnnieLowrey/st…

She actually told the driver that he reminded her of a ninja about to behead someone. Often anti-mask sentiment is deeply embedded with racism.

The US will soon learn how bad its PFAS crisis is. But Maine has already begun to look—and is waking up to a nightmare. For The Atlantic I spoke to a family realizing they drank toxic water for 30 years, and what it may have cost them. Maine is a warning: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

This man’s hospitalization started from a respiratory infection and ended with MAiD. What are we doing??

Must-read. I didn't realize this: organic milk producers can't give their animals antibiotics, and apparently many of them resort to horrible quack cures like packing eye infections with salt.

The Post contacted 25 aid groups, U.N. agencies and donor countries to ask about aid delivery to Gaza and found that Israeli authorities have denied or restricted access to items ranging from lifesaving medical supplies to toys to chocolate croissants.

“I think it’s…

I've spent a lot of the last six months working on this story about reports of abuse at one of the country's most-esteemed, certified-humane dairy farms. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I just want to know when this will finally be seen as coercive because it doesn't get any more forced than medically mistreating a disabled man so much that he would choose death over continuing to seek medical care due to HC induced injuries.

A triple vaccinated billionaire who had a mild course of covid in late 2022 saw his lungs age 19 years in 3 days and, 18 months later, despite numerous therapies unavailable to ordinary people, has recovered less than half his pre-covid lung function. We are being killed

A devastating bare-knuckle synopsis of how both sides of the political dichotomy we are trapped in have caused us irreparable harm during - & likely extending far beyond - the early years of the ongoing SARS2 pandemic. 👇

It’s heartbreaking to watch supposed progressives and the left adopt nearly all of these as praxis.

Because we cannot have a true left or a hope of solidarity without disability justice.

Disabled ppl are the CORE of leftists movements

We've had #LongCovid immune dysfunction and inflammation proven in dozens papers now

Viral antigen persistence proven in dozens of papers

Microvascular dysfunction proven in dozens of papers

Stop repeating the same thing over and over and over and take some real-world action!

“Wokeness is not the reason we don’t have affordable housing” had them gagged omg 💀💀💀