Sunday, February 22, 2026

Tear gas is way more dangerous than police let on — especially during the...

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surfaces, and can cause long-term lung damage.

Here Are the Republicans Who Blocked Flint Assistance but Received Disaster Aid for Their...

These Republicans have received federal disaster aid in the past for their own states, but claim the Flint crisis is the responsibility of state and local authority.

Activists win major victory, forcing the EPA to update regulations on this harmful neurotoxin

The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.

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.

The disgrace!!

The disgrace is only getting bolder. Wake up working stiffs!!

In New York Times op-ed, US physician blasts ‘lucrative system of for-profit medicine’

"Doctors' sense of our complicity in putting profits over people has grown more difficult to ignore."

‘This is the beginning’: New study warns climate crisis may have been pivotal in...

A new analysis warns that "global warming may have played a pivotal role" in the recent rise of a multidrug-resistant fungal superbug, sparking questions...

GOP Lawmakers Ignore Evidence, Keep Using Discredited Videos Against Planned Parenthood

"When did it become OK to base our public policy on false accusations made by people who broke the law?"

How to in the holiday healthcare debate with your conservative relatives

Like 99% of Americans, Uncle Joe would benefit from the change if he only knew the truth.

Warren and Sanders: Medicare for All: Without a public option, it’s dead in the...

In this country, we have private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the VA (veterans) system. How in the world did that ever happen?