Tag: human rights

The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.

It’s time to rethink our broken and unfair family planning systems.

It’s a matter of math: Bigger families mean more carbon emissions.

The fact that a handful of companies produce the majority of our food means that small disruptions will have big impacts. This time the impacts are borne by American babies.

Raj Patel and Rupa Marya coauthored the book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice to highlight the connections between health and structural injustice.

Guns have become an intimate part of American culture, one that is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood, and of course the Republican Party. Our children are paying the price.

This is why the struggle continues: Women’s rights are human rights!

Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.

“Choose wisely, because cheaper does not mean better. You get what you pay for.”

The U.S. is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color.