Microplastics may cause bacteria to develop higher antibiotic resistance
As bacteria become less likely to die from existing antibiotics, it is harder for scientists and doctors to treat infections and protect public health.
$3 million earmarked for ‘government-controlled propaganda campaign to convince Americans GMOs are safe’
"This is a really clear example of Big AG influencing policy."
Mike Pence sees a ‘real opportunity’ to gut health care for poor people
Trump’s White House will likely go along with efforts to block grant Medicaid.
Ryan’s fundraising off health care and trying to kill It for millions
He’s determined to raise as much money as possible to fuel his own rise, and his party’s, no matter how many people’s health may suffer in the process.
COVID-19 crisis highlights big meat companies’ lack of openness
Meat companies’ evasive language about what is happening to animals during the COVID-19 crisis is part of a larger pattern that suppresses open debate about the ethical costs of food production in the U.S.
Big Pharma gets $28 billion tax break in GOP health plan
Big Pharma has been getting fat off American consumers and public health systems for years.
Underfunding labor & delivery: A national disgrace that discriminates against women’s & babies’ rights...
Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 30
Vietnam demands compensation from Monsanto for victims of Agent Orange, California on brink of mandating 100 percent clean energy by 2045, Sanders vs. Amazon intensifies, and more.
Magical thinking on health care
Trump promised to magically repeal and replace Obamacare. Now he's learning that magicians do tricks, not magic.
Where is father’s little helper and why is acid cool?
The path forward relies on our ability to ask the right questions, our ability to tell complicated stories, and on our ability to tolerate pain.