Let’s have a wealth tax to fund Medicare for All
The total amount of tax would be $8.426 trillion. At present, the federal government spends $4.407 trillion annually. The wealth tax would be nearly twice as large.
Amid the coronavirus crisis, mutual aid networks erupt across the country
“Human cooperation, solidarity, and communalism is built deep into our DNA, and mutual aid is just what that aspect of humanity looks like in practice.”
The coronavirus has created an opening for collective action to save our climate
Our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that collective action can enable swift and inspiring changes to how we operate as a society.
The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food system—we need a...
Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals.
Learning to live with COVID – the tough choices ahead
To decide what is acceptable on the suppression strategy, we have to confront the fundamental conflict between values in the COVID trilemma.
In world-historic first, microplastics detected in human blood
"We've choked this planet with plastic, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans—and we've no idea at all about costs for public health," said a British lawmaker.
The next phase in Bernie’s revolution has already begun
The fight for Prop 61 in California could be a watershed moment in American health care.
Sanders introduces bill aimed to combat corporate polluters and clean up toxic drinking water
“It is not a radical idea to demand that when people in the world’s richest country turn on their taps, the water they drink is free of toxic chemicals.”
Coronavirus shines light on zoos as danger zones for deadly disease transmission between humans...
The pandemic makes one thing clear: We must change our relationship with wildlife or suffer the consequences.
Poorly protected postal workers are catching COVID-19 by the thousands. it’s one more threat...
More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery.