News | Environment & Health Warren Calls on Biden to End Trump-Era Plan Aimed at Privatizing Medicare Corporate vultures are circling Medicare under this administration, Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 3, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health US Has the Highest COVID Death Rate Among Wealthy Countries Analysts have attributed this disparity to the U.S.'s fragmented for-profit health care system. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 2, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Organizers in Appalachia Are Building a Green New Deal Blueprint for Themselves ReImagine Appalachia promotes a Green New Deal blueprint at the intersection of energy, equity and the environment. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout February 2, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Climate Groups Urge Biden Not to Fight Ruling Against Oil and Gas Lease Sale The court ruling blocked a massive oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, site of the Deepwater Horizon spill. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 1, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Both GOP and Democratic Party Want Us to Surrender to COVID for Capitalism Both parties have used different emotional and cultural appeals to justify their support for the same disastrous policy. By Danny Katch , Truthout January 31, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Pharma Hikes Cost of 866 Drugs While Lobbying to Kill Build Back Better Bernie Sanders condemned the price increases as “profoundly wrong” and called on Congress to act. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 31, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health All States Need Expanded Medicaid Access. Gerrymandering Prevents It. Gerrymandering silences the will of voters and prevents many Americans from accessing life-saving care. By Charles Taylor , Truthout January 30, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health COVID-19 Test Delivery Leaves Out Houseless and Multigenerational Households Two years into the pandemic, the Biden administration’s first direct testing response leaves a lot to be desired. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism January 29, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Climate Groups Celebrate as Judge Blocks Biden’s Oil Lease Sale in Gulf Climate groups had characterized the sale as the equivalent of “lighting the fuse of a massive carbon bomb.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 28, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Administration Cancels Two Trump-Approved Minnesota Mining Leases Trump had revived the controversial project amid protests from environmental advocates and Indigenous groups. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 27, 2022 Truthout