Standing Rock chair: Obama could stop the Dakota Pipeline today & preserve Indigenous sacred...
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, police deployed pepper spray and tear gas against dozens of Native American water protectors during a standoff at Cantapeta Creek.
Do better than a rip-off health care system
Universal care would unite our society under the essential democratic principle that we Americans really are "all in this together."
Newly release EPA data finds more than half US population exposed to PFAS in...
More than 158 million people across the U.S. were exposed these compounds in their drinking water—15 million more than had previously been reported—out of a total population of 340 million.
Florida to become second state to ban fluoride in public water systems
With a vote of 88-27, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would ultimately ban fluoride in drinking water. SB 700, also known...
Clean energy produces billions in health benefits, study finds
"This research shows that renewables pay for themselves through health benefits alone."
Until teachers feel safe, widespread in-person K-12 schooling may prove impossible in US
Pressure from teachers has contributed to decisions to refrain from holding classes in person everywhere from Southern California to Northern Virginia.
How Much of the Most Common Weed Killer Are You Eating? The FDA Doesn’t...
News that the agency will finally start testing for glyphosate residue only begs the question: What took so long?
Greed is prolonging the pandemic
The longer it takes the world to get vaccinated, the more variants we’ll see.
Plastics endanger human, planetary health at ‘every stage of their lifecycle,’ study finds
From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal, the study concluded that plastics are a "grave, growing, and under-recognized danger" causing disease and death.
As US ‘drowning’ in unused doses, WHO Chief laments ‘horrifying injustice’ of Covid-19 vaccine...
“None of us is safe until all of us are safe. The tragedy of this pandemic is that it could have been under control by now, if vaccines had been allocated more equitably.”