McDonald’s Black History Month Gambit Can’t Obscure Its Inequitable Practices
McDonald’s can blow its sizeable PR budget trying to convince its customers otherwise, but its corporate actions speak for themselves.
Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food shortages in 2020
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
The secret Republican plan to unravel Medicaid
Don’t be fooled. Spread the word.
Living near a toxic waste site could lower life expectancy by a year, study...
“The long-term effect of the flooding and repetitive exposure has an effect that can transcend generations.”
AOC: US must mass produce COVID-19 vaccine for world, or pandemic could drag on...
She calls on the United States to use tools like the Defense Production Act to mobilize mass production of vaccines to export for free around the world.
Nestle, Pepsi Fined for Concealing GMOs as Campbell Soup Announces Voluntary Label
Six major food manufacturers have recently received fines for concealing the presence of GMOs in their products.
Exposed to agent orange at US bases, veterans face cancer without VA compensation
The half dozen veterans who spoke with KFF Health News said they want the military to take responsibility.
Online charter schools are not a solution to education in a pandemic
Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out.
Latin America backslides in struggle to reach zero hunger goal
"More than five million children in Latin America are permanently malnourished. In a continent of abundant food, a continent of upper-middle- and high-income countries, five million children ... It's unacceptable."