Chevron, Aera Energy sue to block Monterey County, California’s voter-approved ban on fracking
Voter initiatives banning fracking in U.S. cities and counties have faced obstacles at the state level all over the nation.
What reproductive rights advocates can learn from Texas (yes, Texas)
How folks in conservative states are responding – and have been responding for years – to infringements on their civil rights.
Do better than a rip-off health care system
Universal care would unite our society under the essential democratic principle that we Americans really are "all in this together."
California to become the first state to ban Big Pharma’s pay-for-delay deals
“Competition in the pharmaceutical industry helps lower prices for Californians who rely on life-saving treatments.”
Early data shows African Americans have contracted and died of coronavirus at an alarming...
“When COVID-19 passes and we see the losses … it will be deeply tied to the story of post-World War II policies that left communities marginalized.”
‘Gangster in the White House’: Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and global...
“This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find somebody else to blame.”
Body bags instead of requested COVID-19 testing kits for Native American clinic seen as...
“Are we going to keep getting body bags or are we going to get what we actually need?”
As rich nations protect corporate patents, the global vaccine divide is widening
Corporate profits are not more important than the lives of millions of poor people around the globe.
Biden administration plans an immediate ban on menthol cigarettes
Studies prove that such bans will help people quit smoking, especially those disproportionately affected by menthol cigarettes.
Mental health illness: a global tragedy by design
The world we are living in, with its constant noise, demands and pressures; the destructive ideologies, divisions and unjust systems, works against such inner quiet and mental well-being.