California Senate Committee on Health approves first-in-the-nation food chemical bill
The five chemicals to be banned have been linked to many health risks including cancer, nervous system damage and hyperactivity.
COVID-19 and the parallel nuclear war and climate change threats
We can create a new and better world—but we must fully commit ourselves to it and work for it, “pressing, making changes.”
‘What the hell is wrong with them’: GOP senators kill $35 cap on insulin
'Republicans told millions of Americans who use insulin to go to hell.'
Study finds connection between living near oil and gas development and childhood leukemia
Fracking and horizontal drilling have enabled oil and gas development to encroach more and more into places where people live.
Disabled activist explains why he confronted Sen. Jeff Flake on airplane
“Republican politicians need to hear those voices. They need to take the blinders off and recognize what this bill will really do to people like me.”
It’s crucial to distinguish between can’t and won’t—with a million lives at stake
It’s not a law of microbiology that requires that we allow the coronavirus to infect hundreds of millions of people, but a choice made by governments.
Tax the rich and divert billions from NYPD budget to fund public hospitals, says...
“The working class and the middle class and the poor are getting shafted.”
‘US can lead the world in finding the global cure for AIDS:’ Sanders announces...
"What we need is a grassroots political movement that will stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and take the steps necessary to ensure we end the AIDS epidemic by 2025..."
The billionaires are wrong; we can’t afford anything but single payer health care
The ACA did not solve our healthcare crisis. We need National Improved Medicare for All.
A single-payer health care fix even without a working majority
It’s likely that the Trump-Ryan failure will push state legislatures to consider expanding Medicaid—putting even more people under the public insurance system.