Alexander Zaitchik

Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Times, The Guardian, Vice, and many others. He is the author of Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance; The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America; and Out of the Ooze: The Story of Dr. Tom Price.

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Alexander Zaitchik March 30, 2018
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Why Is UCLA Doing Big Pharma’s Dirty Work in India?
On the morning of March 14, a first-year UCLA medical student named Kayla Gu approached the microphone at a meeting…
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Alexander Zaitchik March 2, 2018
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Taxpayers — not Big Pharma — have funded the research behind every new drug since 2010
Something odd happened when the Trump administration submitted the original version of its latest pro-corporate budget: Big Pharma didn’t like…
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Alexander Zaitchik February 14, 2018
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While we weren’t looking, Big Pharma spent millions of our tax dollars on themselves
For a wildly profitable industry with a bloodstained grip on our politics and economy, Big Pharma sure does whine a…
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Alexander Zaitchik February 5, 2018
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So it’s come to this: the US government is threatening countries for standing up to Big Pharma
A lot of noise has been made lately about the pharmaceutical industry’s grip on the U.S. government. But not enough…
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Alexander Zaitchik January 5, 2018
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The War on Weed is a War on Grandma
When Big Pharma joined police groups and prison suppliers in opposing the marijuana reform wave, it wasn’t exactly a head-scratcher.…
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