How Monsanto plants stories, suppresses science & silences dissent to sell a cancer-linked chemical
The company attempted to censor and discredit anyone and anything that contradicted their business interests.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 11
Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.
‘This is the beginning’: New study warns climate crisis may have been pivotal in...
A new analysis warns that "global warming may have played a pivotal role" in the recent rise of a multidrug-resistant fungal superbug, sparking questions...
This is how COVID-19 is affecting indigenous people
The indigenous also suffer from a relatively high degree of socio-economic marginalization that makes them more vulnerable. This dynamic is not new.
5.4 million have lost their health insurance amid pandemic
“We have got to work together to make sure that anyone in America who is sick—regardless of their income or immigration status—can seek the medical treatment they need during this national emergency.”
Roundup verdict of $25M upheld in US appeals court
“It’s a slam dunk for plaintiffs. This proves these claims are viable in the tort system.”
People Over Politics: Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore to Protest Flint Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is bringing together some strange bedfellows in the name of helping a situation we all can relate to.
The UN’s Capitalistic Approach to Zika
The capitalistic notion on which the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are founded is leading to discrimination and unequal concentration of wealth and power, especially where health care is concerned.
Women’s health is on the chopping block, again
Defunding Planned Parenthood could cause a national health crisis for low-income women – and men, too.
Fundamentalist pandemics
Whether in America or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for dismally bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.