The unsung Caribbean roots of the vegan food movement
Last year, 9.7 million Americans were reported to follow a plant-based diet.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.
Brazil’s leading food retailer goes cage-free
This commitment will spare millions of egg-laying hens a life of extreme confinement in battery cages so small that the birds can barely move or stretch their wings.
EPA bans cancer-causing chemicals used in dry cleaning and industry
EPA bans two cancer-causing chemicals, marking a critical step in protecting public health and the environment after decades of harm.
Pandemic lessons for the rest of us
Or vaccine thinking applied to all of American life...
Revealed: How Dirty Production of NHS Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
Active ingredients used in antibiotics get into the local soil and water systems, leading to bacteria in the environment becoming resistant to the drugs.
‘Is it better than nothing? I suppose’: Sanders disappointed by Dems’ drug pricing plan
"It's a very weak proposal" but "we're dealing with the power of PhRMA over the Congress," he said, taking aim at industry lobbyists.
Progressives say ‘it’s not too late’ to prevent Big Pharma from destroying Democrats’ drug...
"Democrats still have a huge opportunity to deliver on a promise they have been making for decades to lower drug prices."
Racism as a public health crisis
Milwaukee’s novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.
More than half a million people exposed to flaring, increased health risks, says UCLA...
Roughly 530,000 people live within three miles of an oil and gas flare.