How Los Angeles is supporting immigrant workers and businesses affected by Covid
A new initiative from LA’s Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.
New study confirms ‘no safe level’ of air pollution protects against cardiac arrest
"Our study supports recent evidence that there is no safe level of air pollution—finding an increased risk of cardiac arrest despite air quality generally meeting the standards."
Lessons from the coronavirus can help us overcome the climate crisis
“This is a moment when we can implement measures to help boost the economy, create jobs, and build climate resilience.”
Monsanto giving cash to farmers who use controversial pesticide
Meanwhile, regulators in North Dakota, Missouri and Arkansas are taking steps to set restrictions on dicamba-based herbicides.
General Mills Announces GMO Labeling for US Products
General Mills, the Minneapolis-based food giant, has announced Friday that consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing GMO labeling legislated by the state of Vermont on many General Mills products.
Koch-funded hit piece backfires: Shows Medicare For All would save ‘whopping $2 trillion’ over...
"Even if you take the report's headline figures at face value, the picture it paints is that of an enormous bargain. We get to insure every single person in the country..."
EPA bans cancer-causing chemicals used in dry cleaning and industry
EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals, marking a critical step in protecting public health and the environment after decades of harm.
Pfizer CEO—Biden’s ‘good friend’—is privately working to tank drug price reforms
Pfizer’s chief executive Albert Bourla is reportedly urging his employees to fight Democrats’ plan to let Medicare directly negotiate drug prices.
#PeoplesWave Rises Up For #MedicareForAll
We took the streets because people – our people – are dying from corporate greed and government complacency. We need solutions to our health care crisis now, not later.
The US is taking a bite out of its food insecurity – here’s one...
This increase in SNAP benefits would still not lead to a food-secure diet in many places because of high local food prices.