This is how COVID-19 is affecting indigenous people
The indigenous also suffer from a relatively high degree of socio-economic marginalization that makes them more vulnerable. This dynamic is not new.
After Lead Contamination in House Office Building’s Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA Reforms
61 representatives are demanding the EPA improves its lead regulations after learning that the drinking water in one of the Congressional office buildings had been shut off due to lead contamination.
How Los Angeles is supporting immigrant workers and businesses affected by Covid
A new initiative from LA’s Office of Immigrant Affairs aims to help immigrant business owners and essential workers gain access to economic relief.
Genuine Corporate Posers
Many people are no longer eating at fast food restaurants, they prefer to dine at upstart, independent outfits. But most of these outlets are owned by corporate fast-food giants. So are McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Pepsi trying to dupe their customers?
Learning to live with COVID – the tough choices ahead
To decide what is acceptable on the suppression strategy, we have to confront the fundamental conflict between values in the COVID trilemma.
How cities can combat the dangerous combination of extreme heat and COVID
The compounding threats of heat and isolation have been laid bare this summer thanks to COVID-19.
Federal judge orders Pennsylvania to provide anti-viral hep-c treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is a big win for Hep-C infected inmates.
Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in our food and water
As tiny fibers shed from synthetic textiles invade our bodies, researchers scramble to identify potential threats.
Children living close to fracking sites have two to three times higher risk of...
A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that fracking represents a “public health crisis,” experts say.
EPA likely underestimating amount of toxic forever chemicals in US water: Analysis
"The EPA is doing the bare minimum it can and that's putting people's health at risk," said the policy director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.








