New FDA Commissioner Has Ties to Big Pharma
Robert Califf has close ties to the pharmaceutical industry, so how can he be impartial in role as the new commissioner of the FDA?
The globalized, industrialized food system is destroying the world—we urgently need to support local...
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
Child poverty in the US could be slashed by monthly payments to parents—an idea...
Fifty years later, Congress and the nation are again debating a major boost in government support for families with children.
Glyphosate found in more than 80% of U.S. urine samples
Glyphosate was listed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015.
Create New Transition Programs for Veterans Returning Home
Help us tell the Department of Veteran Affairs that we care about our Veterans and that this suicide rate is unacceptable.
Puerto Rico needs aid, not an occupation
Yes, Mr. President, Puerto Rico is enduring a "real catastrophe." But the U.S. military has other priorities – and that's what could make matters worse.
How taxpayer money provides the research for Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
Mike Pence sees a ‘real opportunity’ to gut health care for poor people
Trump’s White House will likely go along with efforts to block grant Medicaid.
‘Housing is healthcare’: Evictions have exacerbated Covid-19 pandemic, research shows
“This is a time where it’s not an overstatement to say that for many people, eviction can lead to death.”
Advocates pressure EPA to consider public health over Monsanto profits
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently green-lighting the continued use of cancer-linked glyphosate in the United States for another 15 years. Those...