YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mega-Merger (Potentially) Blocked On Aisle Five
Plus, consumers could be protected from insurer meltdowns, dueling communities reach rare agreement over water rights, and rural America scores access to clean water.
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Americans Paid $11 Billion To Make Drugs You Can’t Afford
A bombshell report reveals that taxpayers spent billions developing medicines that drugmakers say shouldn’t face Medicare price negotiations.
Sirota’s Signals: Yes, $13,000 Per Hour
Plus, the truth about your credit cards, the scourge of our distraction economy, Honest Abe’s dying wish, banning your right to cold beer, and much more.
Wall Street Wants To Keep Your Drug Prices High
The government is finally attempting to regulate overpriced drugs, but venture capital firms don’t want to lose their lucrative hold on life-saving pharmaceuticals.
SCOTUS Is Considering A Deregulation Bomb
A new Supreme Court case could be a death blow to federal protections that have been in place for decades.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: People With Disabilities Score Equal Pay
Plus, funding arrives for cleaner energy technologies, insurers’ care-denial bots are put on notice, and regulators tackle an airborne killer.
Is The Pentagon Hiding War Crimes?
A declassified government report says documents about alleged atrocities have gone missing — and officials are flouting recordkeeping rules.
Battle Of The Hollywood Censors
While politicians, military brass, and Chinese officials jockey to control the content of Hollywood blockbusters, experts say no one is looking out for the filmmakers themselves.
Wall Street’s New Prison Scam
As states crack down on prison-phone price gouging and resulting government kickbacks, telecom companies and their private equity backers have new ways to game the system.
The Plan To Take Out Voting Rights
Conservatives are launching a new battle to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act.