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Environment & Health
Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails
The Trump administration’s immigration policies may put detainees at particular risk.
Biden’s Plan for the Opioid Crisis Would Endanger Lives
Biden’s plans contain provisions that would endanger people who use drugs and perpetuate their criminalization.
Biden Refuses to Commit to Signing Medicare for All Bill as President
Establishment Democrats continue to claim that a Medicare for All proposal would never make it through Congress.
Oil Executives Claim Halting Fossil Fuel Production Would Be “Criminal”
As public support for fossil fuels wanes, industry groups are continuing to push false claims to the public.
More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads
Hospitals should be stockpiling equipment, figuring out how to add beds and planning for staffing shortages.
It’s Not Just Pence. Evangelicals Are Leading US Coronavirus Response.
CDC Director Robert Redfield and other important public health officials are Pence-approved evangelical Christians.
Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US
Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick.
Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can’t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
The Ebola vaccine saga is a classic example of how big pharma is motivated by profit, not the public good.
What to Do When the World Is on Fire
As we face a global pandemic, Kelly Hayes talks with Vanamali Hermans about organizing and mutual aid amid catastrophe.
White House Rewrites EPA Assessment of Chemical Linked to Fetal Heart Damage
EPA scientists found a toxic chemical damages fetal hearts. The Trump White House rewrote their assessment.