Our health care system is broken—fixing it is not hard
If only the health care system received the same treatment that military spending gets from politicians and the public.
World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report warns
The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food.
One Tribe’s ‘Long Walk’ Upstream for Environmental and Cultural Justice
Wisconsin's Menominee tap their forebears—and Native American cultural rebirth underway in North Dakota—on a walk to protect their river.
Survey shows 1 in 5 teachers—citing COVID-19 concerns—likely won’t return to US schools this...
"Though Americans are optimistic about a return to in-person learning, there is angst among teachers, parents, and America at large about how to keep our schools safe if the virus isn't fully contained."
Bernie Sanders Demands a Stop to the Dakota Pipeline in Open Letter to President...
“It is deeply distressing to me that the federal government is putting the profits of the oil industry ahead of the treaty and sovereign rights of Native American communities."
Worries about foreign ‘hacking’ of vaccine research place corporate profits ahead of public health
The Times fully admits that this alleged hacking would not harm U.S. public health, but only the profits of U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
Big Pharma’s pollution is creating deadly superbugs while the world looks the other way
Environmental standards do not feature in international regulations governing drug production.
‘Narratives of delay’: How the animal pharma industry resists moves to curb the overuse...
A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
On the ground activism: Hundreds march in Chicago to protest against GOP health care...
"This bill puts at risk health care for over a million people, billions of dollars for Illinois and tens of thousands of jobs."
54 million people in the US may go hungry during pandemic—can urban farms help?
In the COVID era, growing food locally has become more essential than ever.