Will America’s corruption end on a ventilator or in a mushroom cloud?
A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem.
Study shows Medicare For All could save us $600 billion annually on paperwork and...
“Industry wants you to think universal healthcare is too expensive. In reality, it’s our current system that’s a wasteful, unsustainable disaster.”
“Pure baloney”: Zoologist debunks Trump’s COVID-19 origin theory, explains animal-human transmission
“The idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney. These pandemic viruses that emerge originate in wildlife.”
Florida to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
The Center for Reproductive Rights argues that the new bill is a health hazard to many women.
Study detects microplastic in living human lungs for first time
In 11 out of 13 people sampled, a total of 39 microplastics were found in all regions of the lung.
Federal judge orders Pennsylvania to provide anti-viral hep-c treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal
This is a big win for Hep-C infected inmates.
Lessons from Katrina: This organization tries to get Hurricane Florence survivors home quicker
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still-receding floodwaters. This nonprofit wants to shrink the amount of time it takes to rebuild after a disaster.
Nixon, Reagan paved way for GOP’s race-charged health agenda
These voters – and the rest of the country – deserve an alternative to the politics of division, fear, and hate.
EPA to set limit for rocket fuel chemical in drinking water 3x higher than...
“This is another Trump administration gift to polluters and water utilities that have lobbied to be off the hook for cleaning up the problem.”
German Environment Agency Finds Increase of Glyphosate in Urine Since 2001
In 2001 glyphosate was detected in the urine of only 10% of the participants, in 2013 it was present in just under 60% of the test group, and most recently in 2015, it was 40%.