How urban planning and housing policy helped create ‘food apartheid’ in US cities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 54.4 million Americans live in low-income areas with poor access to healthy food.
Why We Must Fight the Attack on Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is under attack. But here is an economic argument for funding family planning and women’s health services. It's critical that all of us step up right now to defend Planned Parenthood.
Global hunger rate falls overall in 2024, still faces specific challenges in countries with...
The report, which was published by five specialized United Nations agencies, said the decline was a decrease of approximately 15 million people from 2023 and 22 million from 2022.
Louisiana Denies Compensation to Dying Exonerated Death Row Prisoner as Former Prosecutor Apologizes
Glenn Ford was recently freed from death row after three decades, but unfortunately now suffers from stage three lung cancer. He is suing the prison for not providing treatment when he was first diagnosed in 2011.
EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a drop in the...
Political and social factors, as well as pressure from industry, can lead to wide disparities in exposure, with some communities protected and others left vulnerable.
Coalition calls for bold pricing reforms to save $450 billion on drug costs
"Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and then reinvesting those savings back into the program to expand services further strengthens our path towards universal coverage for all."
How to keep America’s public workers safe as we emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown
In a crisis like that, public servants will rely on the public to stand with them in demanding that officials implement aggressive safety plans and provide the other resources that workers need.
Rare inflammatory disease linked to more than 100 childhood COVID-19 cases
Although it remains unclear whether the condition is related directly to COVID-19, experts recommend taking similar precautions as well as practicing proper hand hygiene and social distancing measures.
Michigan advisory panel members: Halt water shutoffs amid COVID-19 spread
A majority of the members sent her a letter this morning with a plea: Order a statewide moratorium on water shutoffs to protect the public from the fast-spreading COVID-19.
Pandemic doesn’t stop corporate media from crusading against universal healthcare
It’s clear that the American system of making health insurance a privilege only for those who work—or for those poor and old enough to qualify for Medicaid and Medicare—has made the U.S. especially vulnerable to Covid-19.