The Copy Room
MEDICINE · PUBLIC HEALTH · PUBLIC FINANCE
August 18, 2025
Funding cuts to U.S. mRNA research
have led to halted projects,
terminated contracts, and concerns…
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Make Jobs, Not Rules
STATE POLITICS · HEALTH INSURANCE · LABOR
August 16, 2025
Georgia’s Medicaid “Pathways”
program, which ties benefits to
work-hour reporting, has led to…
Upcoded
HOSPITALS · HEALTH INSURANCE · BUSINESS
August 5, 2025
A nurse’s early doubts reveal
widespread hospital practices of
upcoding—manipulating patient…
Genocide
WAR AND SECURITY · LAW AND COURTS · ISRAEL
August 2, 2025
As of July 2025, over 59,000
Palestinians, including 17,000
children, have died in Gaza amid…
Pants on Fire
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · COST OF LIVING
July 29, 2025
A woman named Jane confronts the
widening gap between political
claims and her lived reality amid…
The Poorhouse and the Asylum
WHITE HOUSE · PUBLIC HEALTH · MENTAL HEALTH
July 28, 2025
A 2025 executive order directs
federal agencies to remove unhoused
individuals, especially those…
Make America Dirty Again
CLIMATE POLICY · CLEAN ENERGY
July 22, 2025
Federal cuts to renewable energy
funding, climate science, and
environmental protections have…
The Cost of No Care
PUBLIC HEALTH · HEALTH INSURANCE · CONGRESS
July 21, 2025
A 17 percent tariff on imported
medicines has sharply increased drug
prices, straining pharmacies and…
We’re Not Not at War
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY
June 26, 2025
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran,
brokered in Muscat after U.S.
airstrikes, highlighted escalating…