Sunday, June 28, 2026

FDA bans red no. 3, citing cancer concerns and mounting advocacy pressure

FDA takes a major step in food safety regulation by banning cancer-linked dye.

Nanoplastics in the human body are weakening antibiotic effectiveness, heightening resistance risks

New research reveals how nanoplastics compromise antibiotic effectiveness, raising alarm over plastic pollution’s role in fueling global antibiotic resistance.

EPA finds 23 commercial sterilizer facilities across the country above agency’s cancer-risk rate

Ethylene oxide is known to cause cancer when people within close proximity to sterilizer facilities breathe the gas in over the course of many years.

House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax breaks after secret...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

The True Cost of Mass Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion

Ultimately, the social cost of mass incarceration is 11 times higher than total spent on the corrections system itself.

Ten Ideas to Save the Economy #5: How to Reinvent Education

We’re paying investment bankers hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars a year to make money for Wall Street. We ought to be paying educators and staff a decent wage to develop and guide the nation’s human capital – an investment that would benefit everyone.

Senators demand investigation into Attorney General Jeff Sessions

“AG Sessions didn’t just decide to recuse himself because he’s a nice guy."

There’s No More Denying It: Trump Is Openly Racist

The GOP candidate's brouhaha with a Mexican-American judge exposes him as a manic threat to anyone he dislikes.

Water protectors challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s silence on Line 3 Pipeline

"What will you do about the frivolous charges brought against over 800 people drawing attention to Line 3's climate impacts and civil rights violations?"

Back off, doom and gloomers. Offset grief by embracing looming, if chance Trump blessings 

In a world no single force can control, one can still imagine the range of theoretical positives from Trumpism 2.0