The Sick Paying for the Healthy: How Insurance Companies Drive Up Drug Prices

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Leider has consistently downplayed the genocidal violence and racism faced by the Rohingya, and Islamophobic publications have eagerly used his words to bolster their broader anti-Muslim framework. [Read the Article]( [Yes, There Can Be Successful Counter-Movements to Fascism]( Shane Burley, AK Press: In his book, Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It, Shane Burley discusses how we arrived at this flashpoint of rising fascism in the United States and offers examples of successful intersectional movements to counter the scourge. In this excerpt, he focuses on two counter-fascist campaigns, one in Oregon and one in Wyoming. [Read the Book Excerpt]( [Remembering Courtlin Arrington: The Victim of a Recent School Shooting Largely Ignored by Media]( Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: During Wednesday's nationwide student walkout, students left classes for 17 minutes -- one minute for each person murdered in Parkland. However, in Alabama, some students walked out for 18 minutes to remember Courtlin Arrington, a 17-year-old African American student who was shot dead last week. Courtlin's aunt, Shenise Abercrombie, discusses the events surrounding her niece's death. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [On 10th Anniversary of Wall Street Crash, Democrats Help GOP Set Stage for Next One]( Jake Johnson, Common Dreams: Democrats had the power to stop a massive big bank giveaway from passing the Senate Wednesday night, but instead they decided -- with a "green light" from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- to hand the GOP more than enough votes instead. They commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis by significantly increasing the risk of another one. [Read the Article]( [In the US's "Phony Wars," the Military-Industrial Complex Is the Only Winner]( William J. Astore, TomDispatch: Overseas, the United States is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped; missiles are launched; and people are killed, wounded, uprooted and displaced. However, at home, the US public isn't mobilized -- and that's how the Pentagon likes it. While most people in the US remain oblivious or unconcerned, the military industrial complex's wars are free to rage on. [Read the Article]( [So Far Trump's Re-election Campaign Looks Like a Bankruptcy]( Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice: Just like in a corporate bankruptcy, where the little people get wiped out while the lawyers and the businessmen trot off into the sunset with full bank accounts, only the white collar guys near the top will benefit from the Trump re-election campaign. 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