Once Again, the VA Turns Down Navy Vets for Agent Orange Benefits
A federal court had ordered the VA to reassess its policy denying Agent Orange benefits to Navy sailors who served in the Vietnam War. The VA’s conclusion: They still don’t qualify.
In a Surprise Win for Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling Has Arrived
Those predicting an easy Senate defeat for mandatory labeling saw corporations fold one by one in the face of a strong food movement.
Two years in, we need to learn the lessons of this pandemic
It’s time we flex the power that comes with being essential and fight for a new economy that favors people, not just corporations.
Supermarket food in the UK could soon have eco-labels
“The tool could help us by ensuring that as we are developing new recipes there is a delicious option for someone who is actively looking to reduce their environmental impact through what they eat.”
The most important thing media can tell us is how we’re getting infected
Finding out what the weak spots are in our defense against the coronavirus is the most vital task journalists can perform right now. It’s news we could use—desperately.
Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict as 8,700 similar lawsuits await
"This was a considerate, thoughtful and well-educated jury that looked at the science to conclude glyphosate causes cancer."
9/11 survivors’ exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer...
Applying the lessons learned from 9/11 is a critically important way to honor the victims and the brave men and women who took part in the desperate rescue and recovery efforts back on those terrible days.
Another American dies after not being able to afford prescription insulin
“How many more young Type 1 diabetes patients have to die before something finally changes?”
Warning world is on ‘brink of a catastrophic moral failure,’ WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding...
“The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries.”
Across the globe, Covid-19 puts animal shelters in crisis
While pet foster and adoption rates soar in New York and many parts of the U.S., globally, the situation is much direr.