Wasted lives: The worldwide tragedy of youth suicide
Principles of goodness together with the golden seed of social justice – sharing – need to be the guiding ideals of a radically redesigned socio-economic paradigm.
Medicaid survived the health care battle – now let’s give it to everyone
We should ditch employer-provided insurance. Administrative costs for Medicaid are nearly half of the cost of private sector plans. Yes, half.
A Major American Meat Company Is Going Big With Antibiotic-Free Pork
Tyson is responding to consumer demand with a new line of meat sourced from pigs raised without drugs.
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.
After the March for Science, keep moving
This weekend’s march is a start. A climate scientist urges us to follow through in our personal lives as well as in our community.
Why the people who grow your food are worried about Scott Pruitt
Pruitt’s approach to the EPA is likely to threaten farmworkers, who are highly exposed to the effects of climate change, including heat stress and increased pesticide use.
Whose rights matter in pandemic America?
Not those of poor Americans, that’s for sure...
Florida bans sale and distribution of lab-grown meat throughout state
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis passed a ban on lab-grown meat with similar initiatives being considered in Arizona, Alabama and Tennessee.
The GOP health bill is an assault on people of color
The health care overhaul will cut programs that help black and brown people, while providing tax cuts for the wealthy that would disproportionately help whites.
Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it’s fine to send unvaccinated kids...
The CDC reported that childhood immunization rates hit a 10-year low.