Friday, February 20, 2026

21 bodycam videos caught the NYPD wrongly arresting Black kids on Halloween. Why can’t...

Police have frequently used that power to withhold footage, not only from the public, but also from civilian investigators.

CDC sharply narrows routine childhood vaccine guidance under Trump administration overhaul

Medical organizations warn changes bypassed scientific review and could increase preventable illness.

Children’s Health Insurance Program in trouble – funding to end in January

"We are unable to say with certainty whether there is enough funding for every state to continue its CHIP program through March 31, 2018.”

EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health

If the secret science rule is adopted, EPA officials will have to pretend that this kind of research doesn’t exist, since the patient records that it draws on can’t be made public.

The ultimate stress test

The American world that COVID-19 reveals...

29 Arrested as Single-Payer Advocates Disrupt Vermont Gov. Shumlin’s Inauguration

During Gov. Peter Shumlin’s recent inaugural address, protesters took part in a sit-in desiring single-payer healthcare, which the governor had promised to create. Those participating in the sit-in were arrested on spot.

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.”

Over there is now over here

The world, in other words, has turned upside down.

‘Just horrific’: Pandemic fuels steepest decline in US life expectancy since WWII

"U.S. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has been since 2003."

How Tacky Can the Golden Arches Get?

McDonald's new ad campaign is designed to link the corporate brand to the healing power of love. Is this McDonald's newest idea to help reverse declining sales: more "Lovin?" Just ask protesting workers about the "love" they're getting from McDonald's.