COVID-19: The rich, the poor, the ‘other’
Perhaps, the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic melt down will be the trigger for such a seismic, but essential, change in the way we live.
My Covid-19 teaching year
A world unraveling amid smoke and death and how one teacher and her students dealt with it.
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health...
Agricultural subsidies help prop up a food system that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Food for Thought
Waste is a pretty bad thing – particularly in these days when we are all noticing that the price of food is increasing.
In Flint water crisis, could involuntary manslaughter charges actually lead to prison time?
Prosecutors will try to prove five Michigan officials were responsible for a Legionnaires’ death because they knew about the problem, but failed to warn the public. Similar cases of environmental disasters have not resulted in convictions, but there are reasons Flint could break the mold.
Warren and Sanders: Medicare for All: Without a public option, it’s dead in the...
In this country, we have private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the VA (veterans) system. How in the world did that ever happen?
From Syria to U.S.-Mexico border, refugees worldwide face hunger & deprivation as Covid-19 spreads
After weeks of warnings, COVID-19 cases are emerging in refugee camps, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare extremely limited.
How America can stop violence against health care workers
“The severity seems to keep going up. It doesn’t go down.”
The Egg Industry, Scrambling
The egg industry has fought the legislative mandates, arguing that banning cages will cost producers and consumers more, without improving animal welfare.
I couldn’t go to Standing Rock, so I closed my bank accounts instead
There are 38 banks supporting the Dakota Access pipeline. I found out mine was one of them.