People Over Politics: Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore to Protest Flint Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is bringing together some strange bedfellows in the name of helping a situation we all can relate to.
Starbucks Brews Up Food Donation Plan to Stop Hunger in America
Leftover panini and sandwiches at the chain’s stores will be taken to local food banks and pantries.
Alarming levels of glyphosate found in popular American foods
The groups that released the report are calling for a permanent ban on the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent because of the residue levels.
US bans asbestos after decades of industrial resistance
The chlor-alkali industry, which utilizes asbestos in diaphragms for chemical synthesis, is now compelled to transition towards safer alternatives.
‘Is it better than nothing? I suppose’: Sanders disappointed by Dems’ drug pricing plan
"It's a very weak proposal" but "we're dealing with the power of PhRMA over the Congress," he said, taking aim at industry lobbyists.
EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over Supreme Court fight, agency records show
The June 17 meeting, between officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bayer CEO Bill Anderson and two other top Bayer executives, came as Germany-based Bayer was working to quash costly U.S. litigation.
Surging hunger in the US signals alarming trend as food aid cuts take toll
As vital food aid programs expire, millions of Americans face rising hunger challenges, reveals Hunger Free America's 2023 National Hunger Survey Report.
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades there was asbestos in its baby powder says...
The company "fretted over the problem and how to address it while failing to disclose it to regulators or the public."
How many people in the US are hospitalized with COVID-19? Who knows?
“The most pernicious portion of it is that at the state level and at the regional level we lost our situational awareness.”
As Sanders prepared Medicare bill, health care lobbyists bankrolled Senate Democrats
Since 2010, Democratic senators who have refused to sponsor the bill have raised twice as much insurance industry cash as those who support the legislation.