Tag: health
9-year-old girl’s asthma death officially linked to air pollution in unprecedented...
"Toxic air pollution is a public health crisis, especially for our children, and the inquest underlined yet again the importance of pushing ahead with bold policies such as expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone to inner London."
Veterans’ health act signed into law; a victory for military veterans...
"For many veterans, the path towards healing from service-related trauma goes through public lands. Today, that path got a little easier."
Tribes mount organized responses to COVID-19, in contrast to state and...
The story of inequity is imbued with dispossession of lands and is met with organizing from the inside: two crucial points for untangling and responding to COVID-19.
Meet the volunteer organizing team helping non-union workers during the pandemic
EWOC is an experiment in running a labor organizing project through a large network of volunteers outside of formal unions or worker centers.
Inequality gone viral: The obscene numbers
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.
As hunger soars across nation, US trade & foreign policy is...
Hunger was already at alarming levels in the U.S. before the pandemic, and it’s only gotten worse.
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.
Federal court rules against FDA’s approval of genetically engineered salmon
"Today’s victory will stop FDA from green-lighting such dangerous technologies without fully considering their environmental risks.”
‘This is Trump’s failure’: US reports record 90,400+ Covid cases in...
“Another record day of Covid cases. Not because of testing—but because President Trump has given up on controlling the virus and his administration has failed the American people.”
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.