Friday, June 19, 2026

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.

When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals that are killing...

Agencies consistently place a far higher value on corporate profits than they do on the children of the world.

The Feds gave a former White House official $3 million to supply masks to...

Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He sold Chinese masks to the government just as federal regulators were scrutinizing foreign-made equipment.

Coalitions of agriculture outsiders tackle powerful Agribiz insiders

Farmers, scientists and consumers are fighting back, and global health agencies are responding to the threats.

How the pandemic hit Americans

Selective in its impact, the virus has struck the homeless hard...

By allowing 6 million lead service lines to stay in ground, EPA’s lead rule...

Public health groups that have waited decades for the federal government to overhaul its lead-in-water rules were outraged Thursday over EPA Administrator...

Crowdfunding Medicare for us all

I believe that anyone covered under Medicare for All should be permitted to obtain services anywhere in the world, so long as the services are similar to those provided in the United States and at a price that is no greater than that charged in the U.S.

Republican part-time nation: Going involuntary

Providing security to the nation’s workers is obviously not the Trump-Ryan agenda.

Judge blocks Biden administration’s order mandating federal employees vaccinate against COVID-19

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown said President Biden didn't have the authority to “mandate that all federal employees consent to vaccination against COVID-19 or lose their jobs.”

Chemical catastrophe: daily disasters spotlight America’s toxic time bomb

U.S. struggles with daily hazardous chemical incidents, underlining systemic safety lapses.