March 25, 2016Most Americans know that corporations who make the products they enjoy are out for profit, and that they often bend the truth to do so. But what they may not know is that, behind those companies, there are organizations that...
Read More February 29, 2016Originally developed to protect consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for monitoring and investigating the safety, efficacy, and security of drugs and medical equipment used and prescribed in the United States. But patient advocates, federal auditors, and...
Read More May 31, 2015Like countless other porches in Chicago, “the rickety landing where Atit Mansuria and Carolina Landeros were chatting hadn't been inspected for years – in this case, since it was built in the mid-1980s” (Chicago Tribune, Olivio, 7/16). The railing suddenly...
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