‘Enough is enough’: Sanders, Klobuchar unveil bill to slash drug prices in half
"We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."
How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s food industry
Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
U.S. consumers exposed to BPA at levels 5,000x above EU recommendations
U.S. consumers are exposed to more than 5,000 times more bisphenol-A (BPA) than the EU considers safe, and that has prompted environmental...
America’s two pandemics
On an increasingly sickly planet, our future, in other words, remains up for grabs.
40 House Democrats demand Congress ‘swiftly’ cut drug prices
With the Build Back Better Act stalled in the Senate thanks to the GOP and a couple of right-wing Democrats, 40 party...
Toxic forever chemicals found in almost 75 percent of stain and waterproof gear sold...
Nearly three-quarters of water- and stain-resistant products contain toxic forever chemicals, a new report has found.
Public health and...
Sanders demands end to Medicare premium hike from Alzheimer’s drug
Building on his recent letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday wrote to a key government analyst to...
Striking Massachusetts nurses outwait corporate giant Tenet
Last year’s longest-running strike came to an end in early January when nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, overwhelmingly voted...
As CTC ends, study says monthly payments boost baby brain activity
"Policy impacts biology. It's past time we made the Child Tax Credit increases permanent."
Judge blocks Biden administration’s order mandating federal employees vaccinate against COVID-19
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown said President Biden didn't have the authority to “mandate that all federal employees consent to vaccination against COVID-19 or lose their jobs.”