Tuesday, July 22, 2025

It’s crucial to distinguish between can’t and won’t—with a million lives at stake

It’s not a law of microbiology that requires that we allow the coronavirus to infect hundreds of millions of people, but a choice made by governments.

Billionaires ‘had a terrific pandemic’ while inequality killed millions: Oxfam

Oxfam International's latest report on global inequality finds that while the 10 richest individuals in the world more than doubled their collective...

Monsanto’s Boot Camp

If much of today's news seems unreal to you, that's because corporations are spoon-feeding it to the media. Big food companies are now sponsoring "boot camps" for reporters on the issues of “feeding the world’s growing population.”

3 things you can do to help avoid climate disaster

Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.

A triage crisis is coming, and it’s personal

Epidemic Epistle: A COVID-19 crisis diary by Dave & Gary Lindorff...

Trump accused of suppressing CDC warning that full school reopenings pose ‘highest risk’ of...

DeVos repeatedly refused to say whether schools should follow the CDC's reopening guidelines and claimed "there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous."

After 2 years, progressives need to be a part of the debate around public...

Simply demanding that all measures to protect public health be brought to an end without crafting policies to do this safely is not only selfish but a recipe for further disaster.

America’s health is in the hands of GOP frat boys

Trump and his Republican allies don’t care about health care. They’re just out to look busy and cut taxes for the rich.

Internal EPA documents show scramble for data on Monsanto’s Roundup

Monsanto itself has admitted a lack of extensive safety tests on its formulated products.