Healthcare reform

A Call for Medical Marijuana Research in the Caribbean

September 17, 2013Arts, 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

August 15, 2013Health & Medicine

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

August 15, 2013Health & Medicine

DEA declares marijuana has no medical use

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Fraudulent stem cell claims worry scientists

August 15, 2013Health & Medicine

Lessons on universal healthcare

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

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

August 15, 2013Conflict & 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

August 14, 2013

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 […]

Health care reform improves coverage for women

August 14, 2013Conflict & 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.

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

August 14, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

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.