Thursday, October 29, 2026

Our health care system is broken—fixing it is not hard

If only the health care system received the same treatment that military spending gets from politicians and the public.

The chicken and the egg

President Donnie Trump has named some doozies to his cabinet and one that stands out as threats to humane and healthy food is Scott Pruitt.

GOP’s federal trifecta and the looming threat to U.S. healthcare

What’s next for healthcare? GOP’s agenda signals cuts and higher costs.

Trump’s EPA dismisses dangers of chlorpyrifos on children’s brain downplaying agency’s own findings

“The EPA is ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, it's neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides.”

It’s Official: Bees Added to Endangered Species List

The first bees added to the endangered species list include seven types of yellow-faced bees native to Hawaii that play a key role in the survival of some of the states endangered plants.

In rural America, resentment over COVID-19 shutdowns is colliding with rising case numbers

The early compassionate and cohesive community responses to COVID-19 quickly gave way to growing anger and compliance fatigue.

The twisted, tragic reality of vaccine apartheid

True to form, the Western pharmaceutical companies responsible for producing vaccines are already telling shareholders that they will raise prices on them in the near future.

What reproductive rights advocates can learn from Texas (yes, Texas)

How folks in conservative states are responding – and have been responding for years – to infringements on their civil rights.

New Bill Reintroduces the DARK Act

A new bill presented in the Senate is being called the new Denying Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act. Are the majority Americans being ignored?

The food industry puts profits over public health using big tobacco’s playbook

In certain cases, preemption—when a higher level of government limits the authority of a lower level to enact new policies—can devastate public health.