In New York Times op-ed, US physician blasts ‘lucrative system of for-profit medicine’
"Doctors' sense of our complicity in putting profits over people has grown more difficult to ignore."
Flynn’s facts: Get to know Trump’s pick for national security advisor
An uncharitable person might conclude that Flynn is seeking revenge against enemies in the previous Administration.
‘Unprecedented levels’ of plastics entered world’s oceans after 2005, study finds
The new study comes as the UN is developing a treaty to control plastic pollution.
Florida to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
The Center for Reproductive Rights argues that the new bill is a health hazard to many women.
The 15 warnings signs of impending tyranny
Consider yourself warned.
Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn’t even want to talk about it
Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.
EPA approves use of herbicides linked to cancer and crop cross contamination
Dicamba, the main ingredient in the three herbicides, is "highly volatile and can easily drift onto unprotected neighboring fields from fields of crops genetically engineered to withstand it."
Chemical plant boom spurred by fracking will bring smog, plastic glut, and risks to...
Fracking has already harmed the state's drinking water, air quality, and increased the speed of climate change.
The New Big 5: How wildlife photography can help save threatened species
Shooting animals with cameras, not guns, is one key path forward in wildlife conservation.
The dark specter of an authoritarian government hangs over the Nov. 6 midterm election
It’s a battle over whether this country will continue to have a democratic form of government or one under the control of authoritarian rule.