Activists Weigh Path Forward after Congress Thwarts GMO Food Labels
Despite the defeat in Congress, the pro-labeling campaign had had a huge impact - and the campaign’s effort to educate the public is paying off.
Masks sold by former White House official to Navajo hospitals don’t meet FDA standards
New information from the Indian Health Service calls into question why the agency purchased expensive medical gear that it now cannot use as intended.
5 things we need from any new health care law
Including protecting people with preexisting conditions, funding Planned Parenthood, and other ways to ensure care.
This pandemic brings out the worst in our CEOs
Last year, CEOs signed a pledge to be better corporate citizens. Then the pandemic hit.
Cancer deaths projected to rise nearly 75 percent by 2050, Lancet study warns
Researchers say disproportionate growth in low- and middle-income countries highlights urgent need for equitable cancer control.
Private equity looted Connecticut hospitals, leaving patients and staff in crisis
A new Senate report reveals how private equity firms gutted community hospitals, endangered patients, and left taxpayers and workers to clean up the mess.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
Pandemic, wildfires & heat Wave: Undocumented farm workers face ‘triple threat’ as West Coast...
“Farmworkers have continued to work during this whole time, despite fears of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace, despite fears of getting heat stress while they’re at work, and now despite fears of the dangers that wildfire smoke brings.”
Cornel West: I am heading to Standing Rock to show solidarity with historic Indigenous...
Cornel West will join the Standing Rock Sioux, NationofChange, hundreds of veterans, and thousands of others at Standing Rock this weekend.
Corporations are funding health and nutrition research – here’s why you should be worried
Many experts in nutrition and public health suggest that the food industry is copying tactics from tobacco companies. Corporations can now determine our health.