We can be the guardians of liberty and if we our liberty will flourish and if we don t it won t. We can t rely on courts more we have to change myself. That s David Cole and this is alternative radio I m David Barsamian on this edition of a r features David Cole on guardians of Liberty the wheels of justice turn slowly how long before Jim Crow laws were overturned how long for the Supreme Court to recognize gay marriage equality how long the wait times in immigration courts and even when someone or some cause has their proverbial day in court the courts have an uneven record in dispensing justice the legal field recognizes the power exerted by major court decisions but civil rights organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and others point to the need for ground swells of civic groups to take bold and principled stands and around stand informed citizenry are the guardians of liberty our guest today is David Cole He s the national legal director of the American Civil Libert
We need courts we have the constitution we need laws they remind us of our commitments to our better selves. But it recognizes a central truth which is that ultimately. The guardians of Liberty. Are lots of course. They are citizens they re you and me they re every one of us we can be. Guardians of liberty and if we all our liberty will flourish and if we don t it won t we can t rely on the courts costumes more we have to. Ourselves. That s David Cole and this is alternative radio I m David Bar some yawn this edition of they are features David Cole on guardians of Liberty. The wheels of justice turn slowly how long before Jim Crow laws were overturned how long for the Supreme Court to recognize gay marriage equality how long the wait times in immigration courts and even when someone or some cause has their proverbial day in court the courts have an uneven record in dispensing justice the legal field recognizes the power exerted by major court decisions but civil rights organizations l
Among the highlights from the judge today 2 attacks on villages in which civilians were Musa laces tied up and bludgeoned to death girls were held in a state of sexual slavery some schoolgirls children as young as 9 years old were rapes and others under the age of 15 were recruited says and trained to fight for his rebel militia the B.B.C. s Anna Holligan Wall Street end of the day higher the Dow up 182 points the Nasdaq gained 23 points the s. And p. 500 gained 8 You re listening to n.p.r. News. The Department of Health and Human Services is taking the highly unusual step of suing drug maker Geely it the suit focuses on prep the type of drug regime to prevent HIV infection N.P.R. s Selena Simmons Duffin reports that issue is who is entitled to profit from the patents prep stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis there are 2 drugs approved for prep both made by Gilliatt Truvada has been used the longest since 2012 it s a daily pill that is 99 percent effective in preventing HIV infection
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Friends all v.a. Patients infected with hepatitis c. In 2015 using the breakthrough you re so Sovaldi the 12000000000 Dollar Cost would account for 20 percent of the department s annual medical budget just for treating a single disease with budgets in the home patients reporting rationing or forgoing medications for lack of funding this is precisely the type of boundary point that should create pressure to reduce prices and yet the rises persist as book analyzes and explains the phenomenon which is puzzled modern commentators and policymakers alike why do drug prices stubbornly continue to rise despite the promise of competition from generic drugs quite simply the phenomenon occurs because internal incentives push every market participant toward behaviors that increase prices and knocking out the normal checks that should operate as breakpoints on the market at the center of the system lies the highly secret and highly concentrated industry known as pharmacy benefit managers or p.p.m.