How America continues to fail the health care workers battling the pandemic
For too many Americans, health care workers are out of sight, out of mind.
New study reveals microplastics’ alarming journey from everyday items to human organs
The extensive reach of these particles beyond the gut and into critical body tissues, raises significant concerns particularly for the most vulnerable: Our children.
World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report warns
The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food.
Meta platforms under fire for blocking abortion pill providers’ posts
Meta’s content moderation policies spark new concerns amidst Trump’s anti-abortion agenda.
Berkeley Soda Tax Is Working
Are Berkeley residents better off?
Drug prices likely to rise in Trump Administration
If drug costs continue to rise, it’s a good bet that Pharma will benefit far more than people with Medicare.
EPA allowing widespread use of unapproved pesticides, study finds
“The chronic abuse of the emergency approval process has created a shortcut for pesticide companies looking to gain backdoor approval for use of harmful pesticides.”
Trump administration allocates millions of dollars from health programs to increase migrant shelter
"We cannot continue to spend taxpayer dollars on the President’s manufactured crisis at the border, which is government-sanctioned child abuse."
Rightwing populism in a time of crisis
When the smoke clears, let’s hope the scales fall from the eyes of their supporters and the only recently growing phenomenon of rightwing, anti-science populism is consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
This city makes sure no one goes hungry—even during Covid
By long ago prioritizing residents’ right to healthy food, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has been able to keep food flowing during the pandemic.