Trump accused of suppressing CDC warning that full school reopenings pose ‘highest risk’ of...
DeVos repeatedly refused to say whether schools should follow the CDC's reopening guidelines and claimed "there's nothing in the data that suggests that kids being in school is in any way dangerous."
Amazon reveals nearly 20,000 employees have contracted the coronavirus
Meanwhile, the company's profits have soared as demand for online shopping increased during the pandemic.
‘Egregious’: DOL finds US meatpacking plants illegally employed 100+ children
The federal probe revealed that Packers Sanitation Services had children as young as 13 "working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment including back saws, brisket saws, and head splitters."
What is our collective solution to health injustice?
The fight over health care in the U.S. is about competing narratives: profit-making versus collective well-being. We need to articulate a publicly funded solution now—before corporate spin silences us.
Maryland Passes a Bill to Save Its Bees
Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban a popular pesticide for consumer use.
The many ways to help Standing Rock
Even if you can’t show up at the wintry encampments, you can join water protectors in other ways: from calling the North Dakota governor to breaking up with your bank.
Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires blasts Trumps coronavirus relief plan to cut taxes for...
"At the very least these workers need immediate paid sick leave, but for them to be able to pay their bills and support their families, they need economic relief more than any other group of Americans."
Trump’s EPA to reverse regulation on chemical found in drinking what that is linked...
“Trump’s EPA is choosing NOT to regulate #perchlorate, a dangerous chemical linked to fetal & infant brain damage and found in the tap water of millions of Americans. This decision ignores science and the law.”
‘Housing is healthcare’: Evictions have exacerbated Covid-19 pandemic, research shows
“This is a time where it’s not an overstatement to say that for many people, eviction can lead to death.”
Why does our skin wrinkle in water?
Mark Changizi’s study offers a scientific and anthropological explanation for a phenomenon many take for granted.