European Environment Committee Votes Against Glyphosate Renewal
"So long as serious concerns remain about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide glyphosate, the EU Commission should not renew its authorization."
Why this isn’t the time for a public option or Medicare for some
What is the real purpose of a public option or lowering the age of Medicare when neither is an effective nor a lasting solution?
Next generation of GMOs escapes regulation
There is virtually no regulation of GMOs 2.0 techniques in the U.S.
With abortion, we’re more than empowered warriors or fragile survivors
Celebrating only “strong” women and nonbinary people doesn’t advance the cause of feminism or gender equality.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
The great forgetting
Why we forget epidemics and why this one must be remembered...
Corporations should not have the power to undermine the global battle against Covid-19
Even if governments agree to suspend patent protections for vaccines, corporations can fight back with expensive lawsuits.
For some Indigenous, COVID presents possibility of cultural extinction, says Myrna Cunningham
For Indigenous peoples, actions must be collective, not only individual.
This City Wants to Ban Junk Food From Vending Machines
New legislation would nix unhealthy items from property owned by the city of San Francisco.
The Food Label a Majority of Shoppers Look for Remains Meaningless
A new survey found that ‘natural’ is still in demand and still doesn’t mean what people think it does.