Just 12% of people in the U.S. consume over 50% of the country’s beef,...
With their findings, which were published in the journal Nutrients, the researchers hope to influence the 12% of people eating a disproportionate amount of beef to make switches to other, lower-emissions protein sources.
Who else might like Medicare for All? Retired coal miners who just had their...
"Because of the inherent health risks for mine workers, we can easily see the need for a health system that guarantees they get the care they need. Only Medicare for All solves these problems, and provides the security workers need."
Institutionalized elderly are facing a massacre, not an epidemic
The other epidemic, meanwhile, is causing what amounts to a massacre of the nation’s institutionalized elderly in nursing homes.
US voters want government funding to go to healthcare, education, and fighting poverty
These poll results come as President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Package will be voted on tomorrow in the House.
Methane Discovered in Drinking Water Near Fracking Wells
A Stanford researcher found the highest risk of leaks was from shallow natural gas wells drilled in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
BREAKING: Lawyers sue Morton County, Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier for excessive force against water protectors
The group seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the Morton County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies from using impact munitions against the protestors.
The three big reasons Republicans can’t replace Obamacare
Except the prospect of more than 20 million people losing their health insurance, and a huge redistribution from the working class to the very rich.
Study: Babies with low birth weights more likely near Pennsylvania fracking sites
This study adds to the existing scientific literature that tells us there are serious public health consequences linked to fracking.
Here are the worst abortion restrictions conservative state lawmakers passed this year
These included everything from bans on the safest, most common form of second-trimester abortion to laws that would outright re-criminalize abortion.
America unmasked
Did the long pandemic spawn a new kind of repression?