What’s next for the water protectors at Standing Rock?
This fight is not over, not even close. In fact, this fight is escalating.
This city makes sure no one goes hungry—even during Covid
By long ago prioritizing residents’ right to healthy food, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has been able to keep food flowing during the pandemic.
Biden health adviser has a plan to get pandemic under control and revive economy:...
The government “could pay for a package right now” to cover economic losses—making it possible to curb Covid-19 transmission without increasing the financial suffering associated with shutting down commerce, said epidemiologist Michael Osterholm.
Bayer considers putting an end to US glyphosate sales
“Removing glyphosate from residential use would be a step in the right direction.”
By his words and actions, Trump is facilitating, proliferating the spread of Covid-19
An American president must never again be allowed to fully manage a response to any pandemic. That responsibility must be assigned to scientists and other medical experts.
Only the poor starve: Hunger in the time of COVID
The World Food Program (WFP) warns that, “millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectra of famine a very real and dangerous possibility.”
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.
COVID-19: The rich, the poor, the ‘other’
Perhaps, the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic melt down will be the trigger for such a seismic, but essential, change in the way we live.
5.4 million have lost their health insurance amid pandemic
“We have got to work together to make sure that anyone in America who is sick—regardless of their income or immigration status—can seek the medical treatment they need during this national emergency.”
How a free grocery store is cutting food waste – and hunger
Each weeknight, The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus food items to anyone who wants them – no questions asked.









