Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Trump administration fails to meet reunification deadline for immigrant children, Neighbors call cops on 12-year-old black kid for delivering newspapers, Trump pardons Oregon ranchers, and more.
How GMO-free Diet Changed My Life
People are much more aware of the dangers of GMOs right now, but five years ago, it was very hard to find any real information on GMOs.
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
A pandemic of the poor
As we approach 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Americans in poorer counties have died at double the rate of wealthier counties.
New initiative aims to mobilize the restaurant industry to fight climate change
Restore California will fund farmers to switch to regenerative agriculture practices.
Chemical catastrophe: daily disasters spotlight America’s toxic time bomb
U.S. struggles with daily hazardous chemical incidents, underlining systemic safety lapses.
The globalized, industrialized food system is destroying the world—we urgently need to support local...
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
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.
USA Today Fail: Trump Science Column by Corporate Front Group
This type of speculation is not normal; it’s not acceptable.
Trump EPA sets tap water limit for rocket fuel chemical 3X higher than agency...
"Instead of taking action to lower the levels of this rocket fuel chemical in drinking water, the administration’s plan will endanger the health of future generations of kids.”