Institutionalized elderly are facing a massacre, not an epidemic
The other epidemic, meanwhile, is causing what amounts to a massacre of the nation’s institutionalized elderly in nursing homes.
Sanders files amendments to force Pentagon to pass clean audit, require mass production of...
“National security,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, “means doing everything we can to improve the lives of our people, many of whom have been abandoned by our government decade after decade.”
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.
GMO Labeling Won’t Increase Food Prices
Sadly, the opponents of GMO labeling are making the same arguments made three decades ago to fight the Nutrition Facts Panel.
‘Frankenfish’ Threatens Food Safety
Despite the continued fight from public health and climate activists, genetically modified salmon has been officially authorized for sale in Canada.
How the EPA and the Pentagon downplayed a growing toxic threat
A family of chemicals – known as PFAS and responsible for marvels like Teflon and critical to the safety of American military bases – has now emerged as a far greater menace than previously disclosed.
Protect care workers — you’ll need us someday
All we’re asking is for the same rights and protections other workers enjoy.
What to do with America’s nonconformist anti-vaxxers?
Final thought and a warning for nonconformists: understand that the greatest threat to your freedoms will not come from government mandates, but when the deadly virus comes after you.
Private health insurance stocks ‘in free fall’ as Medicare for All gains momentum
"Insurance industry stocks dropping as the Medicare for All movement heats up – we've got some serious people power on our hands!"
Media silent as poll workers contract COVID-19 at primaries that DNC, Biden campaign claimed...
And instead of reporting on this urgent story, the media have enabled this dangerous behavior.