Health

“For all years and pollutants, the racial/ethnic group with the highest national average exposure was a racial/ethnic minority group,”

The FDA approved the salmon in October without any mandatory labeling. In approving the AquaBounty transgenic salmon, the FDA ignored millions of Americans and more than 40 members of Congress who have expressed vocal opposition.

Buried in Paul Ryan's failed replacement for Obamacare was a huge handout to overpaid health insurance CEOs.

Purdue Pharma, the drug pushers, have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, enough fatalities to decrease overall U.S. life expectancy at birth for the last two years running.

We can only hope that the Democrats who won a new mandate on health care in November will now find the courage to deliver on big ideas like in-state single-payer programs, and push for Medicare for All at the federal level.

There’s only one Medicare for All plan, and it deserves widespread support – from its friends, its current enemies, and all the people in between.

The American world that COVID-19 reveals...

In one, billionaires are sheltering in place on their yachts in the Caribbean, and wealthy families are safely quarantining in multimillion-dollar mansions. In the other boats sit people risking their lives for their jobs and people without incomes going hungry.

Unless strong and meaningful action is taken now, including major social investments and a Green New Deal-style program, the Covid-19 crisis will make an already dire economic situation much worse.

“While further studies are needed to corroborate observations and identify mechanisms, regulatory action is urgently needed.”