Tag: Opinion
How the USDA is failing America’s captive elephants
Performing elephants are denied all that is natural to them and are forced to endure beatings, electric shock, food and water deprivation and intimidation.
Why the U.S. must bolster retraining for workers harmed by unfair...
Relative to the size of its economy, the United States spends far less on worker training programs than many other industrial countries.
The myth that meat is essential for human health could harm...
Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Yes, home care is infrastructure—don’t let them play word games with...
Infrastructure, like charity, begins at home.
As Arizona wraps up hand count of 2020 ballots, new questions...
The state Senate’s contractors created 15 subtotals. Outside auditors examined 10,341.
Restoring the manufacturing base in the U.S. is the key to...
“Build new supply chains. Buy American.”
To save planet, solve twin crises of climate change and species...
Some climate solutions can actually harm biodiversity. But there are synergistic solutions that can tackle both issues.
So much for ‘the squad’—much-hyped new U.S. progressive bloc has caved...
People who want structural change in the U.S. will have to develop new channels and networks to overcome the established power system.
Humanity’s #1 environmental problem is consumption—climate change is just one of...
By focusing the climate fight on what we emit, not what we consume, we are destined to fail—net-zero emissions policies aren’t enough to prevent catastrophe.
Most Americans don’t approve of animal testing—will the U.S. Congress finally...
The Humane Research and Testing Act seeks to move the U.S. toward more ethical methods of researching human disease that don’t involve animals.
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FDA tells court abortion pill review will not finish until after the election
A federal judge paused Louisiana's lawsuit in April and ordered the agency to act with all deliberate speed. The Supreme Court has kept telehealth and mail access in place.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.