Healthcare reform

A Call for Medical Marijuana Research in the Caribbean

Arts, Culture & Media

For our Geo Quiz–we’re looking for one of the largest island nations in the Caribbean. The island’s tropical climate is just right for growing sugarcane, bananas, citrus trees, and marijuana, or what the locals call “ganja.

Poll finds vast majority of Massachusetts residents like Romneycare

Health & Medicine

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

Health & Medicine

DEA declares marijuana has no medical use

Global Politics

Fraudulent stem cell claims worry scientists

Health & Medicine

Lessons on universal healthcare

How other countries managed to achieve universal health care, and how the U.S. might go about getting a system that works.

Group Protests ‘Demonization’ of Pot by Planting Marijuana Seeds All Over German Town

Conflict & Justice

Our Geo Quiz heads to a German university town that’s in full bloom these days. Marijuana plants have sprouted up all over the town, courtesy of an anonymous group that calls itself, A Few Autonomous Flower Children.

Vermont Governor to Sign Single-Payer Health Care Bill

On Thursday, Vermont will become the first state to boast a single-payer health care system. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin will sign the bill that would enlist a panel to figure out how to pay for a new system –  and reduce rising health care costs. The goal is to offer a health care solution for the […]

The World

Health care reform improves coverage for women

Conflict & Justice

We speak with Marcia Greenburger, founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, about how insurance protection for women will change under health care reform.

The World

In Colorado pot-selling pioneers don’t get rich quick

Colorado is the first state where the medical marijuana business is fully regulated, licensed and taxed. However, tight rules and restrictions have made it hard for these businesses to thrive.