Wednesday, July 22, 2026

What Really Poisoned the Water in Flint, Michigan

Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.

Just one tea bag can release billions of microscopic plastic particles into your drink,...

From Arctic snow to the deep sea, microplastics have been found in some unusual places. Now, it turns out they could be lurking at the bottom of...

Pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease to stop production

While Syngenta officially cited "significant competition" from generic manufacturers and low profit margins, the chemical giant currently faces thousands of lawsuits in the United States from farmers affected by the disease.

Sanders demands end to Medicare premium hike from Alzheimer’s drug

Building on his recent letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday wrote to a key government analyst to...

Bernie Sanders Calls for Repealing the Hyde Amendment

Bernie encourages repeal of Hyde Amendment which bans federal funding from covering abortion services.

Trump DOJ backs Bayer in Supreme Court fight over Roundup cancer lawsuits

A move by the administration aligns federal power with pesticide manufacturers as thousands of cancer patients fight for their day in court.

Aetna Shows Why We Need a Single Payer

Two choice are emerging: one is a public single-payer system. The other is a hugely-expensive for-profit oligopoly with the market power to charge high prices even to healthy people – and to charge sick people an arm and a leg.

Empty tables

Food is certainly plentiful in the United States. And yet enough of it never reaches the tables of those who struggle to make ends meet.

Trump targets FDA with sweeping overhaul led by Musk and RFK Jr., threatening public...

FDA faces radical changes under Trump, risking public health and regulatory stability.

10 States Report Crop Damage From Illegal Dicamba Use on Monsanto’s GMO Seeds

Hundreds of thousands of soybean and cotton crops have been negatively impacted by the apparent misuse of the drift-prone herbicide dicamba on Monsanto’s Roundup.