Friday, October 30, 2026

Tag: health

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.”

The dangerous calls for ‘herd immunity’

As we’ve seen over decades with climate change, we are sure to begin to see actual experts like epidemiologists debating highly paid public speaking shills about herd immunity on cable news in the months ahead.

US suffered almost 300,000 excess deaths during coronavirus pandemic, CDC reports

They found that excess deaths have occurred every week in the U.S. since March, peaking in the weeks ending April 11 and August 8.

Anxiety, mindfulness and the natural unity of life

Although only now becoming widely known, mindfulness is an ancient technique, shared by Gautama Buddha some 2,500 years ago (but one that may be even older).

The nation’s youth have stepped up as poll workers for upcoming...

“One of the things that has started to become more apparent to people at a young age is what is at stake.”

From superpower to failed state: Inequality and the public health crisis...

The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the failings of leaders and elites.

How America continues to fail the health care workers battling the...

For too many Americans, health care workers are out of sight, out of mind.

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The U.S. Capitol building with its dome in Washington.

515 donors gave $4.2 billion to 2026 super PACs, Public Citizen finds

Elon Musk alone gave $445 million, about 10% of the total, according to the group's analysis of FEC data through late October.
Voters stand at voting stations in a polling place.

In a Country That Needs Heroes, Here Are a Few Standouts This Election Season

“Right now, the United States is unhappy enough to need a lot of heroes.”
Protesters carry Palestinian flags and signs at a demonstration in Berlin.

Rape as a Tool of Empire: Cornell, Palestine, and the Silence of Western Feminists

“In both cases, their perpetrators and assailants can leave the crime scene unscathed, with their hands clean.”
Sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C.

Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds

The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Blue entrance of the Karnes County Civil Detention Center with metal benches outside

ICE lists 36 detainee deaths in fiscal 2026, most since 2018

The agency's own page shows 29 deaths by mid-April and seven more through Aug. 23; DHS has said the size of the detained population explains the rise.