Our Health
If Washington lawmakers were listening to Us, they’d insist on policies that promote nutrition, safety and healthy living.
But mega-corporations have caught the ear of our representatives so health and safety measures always seem to get sidelined.
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The Solution
Let’s build a small donor matching system for funding campaigns. And make it about Us.
A government of, by and for the people should act to keep its citizens safe and healthy. It’s time for Us to have citizen owned elections, take back our government and make Our Health a number one priority.
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The Latest
The GOP is working stealthily to shred health and financial protections for ordinary Americans
Katrina vanden Heuvel • Jun 13, 2017
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Washington Post
The bars opened early in Washington and elsewhere last Thursday, as more than 19 million Americans tuned in when the networks and cable news channels carried live former FBI director James B. Comey’s riveting testimony in the intensifying scandals around President Trump. The media covers Trump’s derelictions 24/7. Not surprisingly, Democrats tend to talk about what grabs the most airtime.
A Drugmaker Tries To Cash In On The Opioid Epidemic, One State Law At A Time
Jake Harper • Jun 12, 2017
Jake Harper, NPR
Two years ago, a mental health advocate named Steve McCaffrey stood at a lectern in the Indiana statehouse, testifying in favor of an addiction treatment bill. After years of rising overdose rates, lawmakers in the health committee were taking action to combat the opioid epidemic. And they often turned to McCaffrey, who leads Mental Health America of Indiana, to advise them.
The Hard Reality: Gun Control Will Not Happen Without Campaign Finance Reform
Paste Magazine • Jun 14, 2016
By Walker Bragman, Paste Magazine
As news rolls in about the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida which left 50 people dead, and for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, now seems a good time to reflect on one of America’s biggest issues: gun violence.
In June 2011, American born Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn released a video titled ‘Do Not Rely on Others, Take the Task Upon Yourself’, and called on Muslims to take advantage of America’s lax gun laws — specifically gun shows — and carry out lone wolf style attacks. In other words, our enemies know our dirtiest secret: or government is not protecting its people.
Guns kill roughly 30,000 people every year (33,636 in 2013, most of which were suicide), and injure over 100,000. Due to the inconsistency of regulatory schemes from state to state, and even county to county, these weapons are extremely easy to come by, and hard to monitor or control. Even in a city like Chicago, which at one point, had some of the toughest gun laws in the country, gun violence can still be rampant given the geographical proximity to areas without such protections and regulations. Guns travel easily across state and county lines.
