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In Throes of Turkey Salmonella Outbreak, Don’t Invite Illness to Your Table
There is no US requirement that turkeys or other poultry be free of salmonella.
Federal Agency to Consult With Anti-Choice Groups on Fetal Tissue Research
Pro-choice advocacy groups say that health officials could put religious beliefs over important medical research.
Crowdfunding Is a Symptom of the US’s Broken Health Care System
The idea that individuals should make decisions about who does and doesn't deserve care has been normalized.
Climate Change Should Make the Republican Party Impossible
In every breath of air we take, we inhale, unseen, our climate debt, and exhale a future of disaster.
Noam Chomsky: Moral Depravity Defines US Politics
Midterm campaigns ignored humanity's greatest existential threats today: environmental collapse and nuclear war.
Killing Plants Is the Fastest Way to End the World
A recent study underscores how human-caused warming could annihilate life through co-extinction of species.
Global War to Infinity and Beyond
The US military is increasingly focused on future wars of every imaginable sort.
White House Bans Follow-Up Questions From Reporters
If journalists refuse to comply with these rules, they may be suspended or have their press passes revoked.
Climate Change Denial Is Raking the Ashes of Paradise
There will be more and larger fires to come, and the price to be paid will continue to rise.
Living Through California’s Wildfire Nightmare
The contrast between the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire shows how inequality plays out in not-so-natural disasters.