Friday, June 27, 2025

People of color in U.S. more likely to breathe six types of air pollution,...

“For all years and pollutants, the racial/ethnic group with the highest national average exposure was a racial/ethnic minority group,”

Meat Is Murdering American Rivers

Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the U.S.

The big fix: Will the GOP turn to Dems to fix Obamacare?

Democrats must demand clear, popular amendments that demonstrate they are committed to extend the right to affordable health care.

Monsanto seeks to reverse jury verdict in cancer case they lost

The company also argues that the $2 billion verdict was “unsupported, excessive and unconstitutional.”

Real people will lead the way to #MedicareForAll

Seniors chanting “Get out of the way!” as they hold cardboard tombstones might not seem like a challenge to the largest physicians’...
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‘We are way, way behind’: US lags on coronavirus testing & medical experts warn...

We spend the hour looking at how the Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems with access to testing, and how other countries have responded.

Our health care system is a corporate care system

Why is our health system flailing? Because its guiding ethic is profit, not care.

To be sick and not rich

Any version of Medicare for All would be likely to cost less, be so much simpler to access, and ultimately save lives.

Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 9, 2018

Trump freezes Obamacare payment program, Starbucks says goodbye to plastic straws, Colorado schools are arming teachers with no state oversight, and more.
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Coronavirus pandemic prompts global mental health crisis as millions feel alone, anxious & depressed

The United Nations warned that the coronavirus pandemic is generating a mental illness crisis, as millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. Domestic violence is rising. Health workers are reporting an increased need for psychological support.