Thousands of communities have lead levels worse than Flint
Flint is no aberration. In fact, it doesn’t even rank among the most dangerous lead hotspots in America.
The GOP will free you from having health care
You're free to be poor, free to be politically powerless or free to be ill and uncared for.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
Medicare for All could save the country $5.1 trillion over ten years
"Based on 2017 U.S. healthcare expenditure figures, the cumulative savings for the first decade operating under Medicare for All would be $5.1 trillion."
Glyphosate exposure increases cancer risk up to 41 percent, study finds
"Our analysis focused on providing the best possible answer to the question of whether or not glyphosate is carcinogenic. As a result of this research, I am even more convinced that it is."
World Food Day drives home need for change in the US
The pandemic has exposed the fragility of the current industrialized food supply system, which is nested in an unequal, racialized and gendered socio-economic system experiencing the increasing prevalence of unemployment and food insecurity.
Swept into a Covid hell of profits
The great forgetting, Part 2...
There is enough food, just not enough food access
Community fridge networks across the country are an important start—and symbol—in the work to make sure everyone has enough to eat.
Sorry Donald, Republicans own health care now
Republicans own the government, and so, they own Obamacare. That’s what Obama intended and that’s why Obamacare will never be truly repealed.
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.