Michael Laxer
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The North Missoula Community Development Corporation brings permanent affordable housing to Montana. Image via the North Missoula...
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Michael Laxer
Aug 56 min read
The Role of Ancient DNA in Modern Traits
Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar...
Michael Laxer
Mar 131 min read
Trade Union Report Illustrates Mental Health Impacts of Working in Public Healthcare
By Global News Service Public Services International recently launched a report examining the mental health of health workers in Liberia,...
Michael Laxer
Feb 25 min read
The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High
It’s time to turn the tables on our food system by centering justice over profits. By Sonali Kolhatkar Americans have had to weather much...
Michael Laxer
Jan 196 min read
How the Food Industry Uses Big Tobacco’s Playbook
The strategy used by Big Tobacco in the US is called state or “ceiling” preemption: promoting weaker state public health laws to override...
Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 202320 min read
POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...
Michael Laxer
Sep 16, 20235 min read
Why Is Kaiser Permanente Engaging in Corporate Kabuki?
Ahead of a potentially historic strike, a major nonprofit health care provider seems to be choosing corporate values over worker...
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