States halt new water shutoffs, leaves previously disconnected households without water amidst coronavirus pandemic
Our country needs a national ban on water shutoffs for nonpayment with immediate restoration of service to all families who have lost water for an inability to pay their water bills."
The military is sick
Top Pentagon officials and the high command are prioritizing the maintenance of empire at the expense of protecting the very bodies that make up the armed services.
The medical mess
It seems odd that 12,000 foreign doctors can get residencies in the U.S. but 2,000 U.S. medical graduates cannot.
Plastics recycling ‘does not work,’ environmentalists stress as U.S. recycling rates drop to 5%
The authors of the report hope it sheds light on the inefficiency and unsustainable nature of plastics and plastic recycling to inspire better, widespread policies moving forward.
The Republican Medicare plan is an atrocity
It only takes three Republican senators to stop it.
The facts on the GOP health care bill
Many of the ACA taxes would be eliminated.
Drug shortages pose a public health crisis in the US
All too often, a shortage means that doctors cannot give the right drugs to patients when needed.
With abortion, we’re more than empowered warriors or fragile survivors
Celebrating only “strong” women and nonbinary people doesn’t advance the cause of feminism or gender equality.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
This pandemic brings out the worst in our CEOs
Last year, CEOs signed a pledge to be better corporate citizens. Then the pandemic hit.