White House document shows 18 states in coronavirus “red zone”
Unpublicized recommendations say states should return to stringent control measures.
How cities can combat the dangerous combination of extreme heat and COVID
The compounding threats of heat and isolation have been laid bare this summer thanks to COVID-19.
Bernie Sanders Questions Staggering Price of Cancer Drug
“Members of Congress can no longer allow the drug companies to charge our people the highest prices in the world. We have to make a stand.”
‘Civil society is pretty much gone’ in Puerto Rico as White House scrambles to...
"We have to think of this as societal collapse: no power, no water, no food, no nothing."
Obesity: America’s number one export?
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.
Scandinavia in Maryland?
Medicare for all in one state.
What Really Poisoned the Water in Flint, Michigan
Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.
New study finds personal care products cause development disruptions in children
The study linked endocrine disruptors, which "mimic, block or interfere with the body’s own hormones," and disruptions in children "during key developmental moments,"
U.S. bans Brazilian beef imports
The United States Department of Agriculture suspended fresh beef imports from Brazil until the country “takes corrective action” to address “public health concerns, sanitary conditions, and animal health issues” in its cattle supply chain.
A video for the health care heroes
We say thank you to the doctors, nurses, volunteers, grocery store workers, farmworkers, mail carriers—everyone who is sacrificing so much, to help so many.









