Two weeks ago, The Conversation published a summary of Vice-President Harris's and former President Trump's past actions and policies during their political careers in regard to healthcare in the nation. The article is by Dr. Zachary W. Schultz of Auburn University, a specialist in the history of healthcare.
A sharp-eyed citizen sent me this picture of a Crystal Diamond Brantley campaign sign hung on the county fairgrounds fence.
Campaign signs are not allowed on public property, if we are indeed still a democratic republic and not an authoritarian government.
My cousin, a nephrologist, says that commodification of medicine has turned American doctors into contractual slaves, indentured servants. Thinking about this, I realized that not many of us actually understand what commodification means and why it is harmful for healthcare as a system. This is my explanation.
Susan Dunlap, of New Mexico Political Report, reports on the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee's discussion of the state of New Mexico's hospitals. In previous posts I have presented readings about the national health care system. Here, with this republication, we look at specific issues closer to home.
The growing threat of violence against county officials who count votes has Sierra County planning to install bulletproof doors and windows to the clerk's office.
Republication of article by "Capital & Main" in New Mexico Political Report, September 12, 2024. Its topic is the wastewater produced in fracking for gas and oil operations in New Mexico: its toxicity, the earthquakes produced by its injection into the ground, and the proposal to reuse it.
In New Mexico, horse racetracks have become centers of political power. This is a republication of a September 11 article by Noah Raess and Joshua Bowling in Searchlight New Mexico.
We know the electoral college elects the President, but do we know how few votes it takes to change the electoral college composition? Here is a detailed breakdown of how so few people end up deciding the results of a democratic election, courtesy of The Guardian.
