Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Tag: pandemic

5 ways environmental damage drives human diseases like COVID-19

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.

Instead of protecting public health during COVID-19 crisis, Trump moves to...

"Every federal dollar wasted on this effort is a dollar stolen from cleaning up the industry's toxic pollution legacy in the Navajo Nation and across the West."

‘Reopen’ protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics

The people who are doing the demonstrating may really be frustrated and upset, but new research, and journalistic investigation, is revealing that there are powerful forces behind them, egging them on, who want their influence to remain secret.

New $484B relief bill lacks funds for food aid, rent relief,...

"You are not trying to fix this bill for mom-and-pops. And we have to fight to fund hospitals, fighting to fund testing. That is what we’re fighting for in this bill. It is unconscionable."

Earth Day activists wanted to disrupt the fossil fuel industry. The...

We need to speed the transition to the solar panels and wind turbines that engineers have worked so mightily to improve and are now the cheapest way to generate power.

Federal documents: More than 300,000 likely to die if restrictions are...

Experts said government officials should publicize their coronavirus assumptions so everyone can be confident in their work.

Coronavirus and the height of corporate welfare

We must stop bailing out corporations. It’s time we bail out people.

Coronavirus relief bills bail out corporations as small businesses & workers...

“But if you’re a big corporation, the Federal Reserve has $4.5 trillion in reserves ready for you.”

How COVID-19 showed America’s dependence on blue-collar workers

These workers are the lifeblood of the nation. They step up every day and keep America running—even during a pandemic.

Warren says by backing protests, Trump is ‘trying to turn this...

"Trump is *literally* trying to incite violence in states across the country. It's despicable how low he’ll sink to score political points."

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The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
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Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.