Alcohol: Why do we drink?
Alcohol consumption is one damaging effect among many that flow from this dominant socio-economic system.
BPA levels ‘deemed safe’ have more health effects new study finds
"These troubling findings should raise alarms at the Food and Drug Administration and ignite renewed efforts to drastically reduce all Americans' exposure to BPA."
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 12
Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania, Trump calls Puerto Rico an 'unsung success', the fight against world hunger, and more.
More of the world’s population is facing food insecurity than ever before
Now, roughly 11 percent of the world's population is facing food insecurity.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 10
"How much perjury is too much perjury from a Supreme Court nominee?"
Top cancer researcher fails to disclose corporate financial ties in major research journals
A senior official at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has received millions of dollars in payments from companies that are involved in medical research. His omissions expose how weakly conflict-of-interest rules are enforced by journals.
Heavy-handed industry maneuver to crush soda and grocery taxes is on Oregon ballot
Measure 103 was reportedly proposed to counter efforts to raise corporate taxes at the state level, such as 2016's Measure 97, which voters rejected.
Short supplies and price increases give major hospital systems and philanthropies idea to launch...
"The folks who are gouging people and creating shortages, they know who they are. And they're the ones who should be very concerned."
Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet’s
Reducing food waste can address two major problems facing humanity today: cost of food waste and the impact on the health of our people and our planet.