Sunday, April 28, 2024

America unmasked

Did the long pandemic spawn a new kind of repression?

EPA announces Lead and Copper Rule Improvements proposal to remove lead pipes from water...

The proposal requires states, water utilities, and communities to locate lead water service lines, then utility companies are tasked with replacing a minimum of 10 percent of the lead water pipes every year to reach completion within the 10-year time frame.

Will the Trump USDA deliver on the dietary guidelines for Americans? Our new report...

The bottom line is this: if it is important to ensure the guidelines are evidence-based, it is essential to recognize that even evidence-based guidelines are only as effective as their implementation.
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Investigation: Substandard medical care in ICE detention is killing immigrants, endangering lives

"ICE, the agency that’s detaining now 40,000 people… and wants to expand, cannot provide adequately for the safety of the people that it holds.”

Toxic metals contaminate all baby foods tested: New government report

"The FDA must set standards and regulate this industry much more closely, starting now.”

Even the grim reaper favors the rich

The Republicans’ pro-wealth, anti-labor and anti-social welfare campaigns are pushing people over a cliff before they live long enough to become grannies.

How we won the ‘no’ in #NoDAPL – and what we must take on...

Native-led direct action and solidarity are the foundation stones as we continue to protect our water and Mother Earth.

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.

It’s now time for Medicare for all

Democrats are wise to seize the moment. The time has come for Medicare for all.

Oceans, tuberculosis and killer robots – the UN’s diverse agenda in 2017

The first session of the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.