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Environment & Health
New Data Show Severity of Water Contamination in Poor Neighborhoods
A new report highlights the glaring injustice inherent in the U.S.'s drinking water systems.
Enbridge Throws Its Indigenous Peoples Policy to the Fire Over Pipeline
As controversies over its pipelines continue to grow, the company seems to be taking off the gloves.
We Can’t Solve the Plastics Crisis With Other Disposables
Corporations are pushing alternatives to plastic, but many come with severe ecological consequences.
ExxonMobil Is Still Bankrolling Climate Science Deniers
The world’s largest oil company says climate change is real, yet continues to finance climate denier groups.
Global Wildfires Are Raging, Leaving Long-Lasting Damage
The fires do not bode well for humanity’s future.
Trump Agencies Fail to Report on Environmental Risks for Low-Income Communities
During the Obama era, nearly all government agencies filed reports on environmental justice.
Why Extinction Rebellion Might Succeed — and in Many Ways, Already Has
The U.K.-based social movement for climate action could be on the way toward winning its ultimate goal — system change.
The New Deal Saved Capitalism. The Green New Deal Could Do Better.
The Green New Deal may come to embody a future more humane than what its ancestor imagined possible.
Disingenuous Attacks on Medicare for All Distract From Cost of a Broken System
Democratic candidates sparred at Tuesday’s debate over their health care platforms and Medicare for All.
Capitalism Is Dooming Kids With Curable Cancers
Medicare for All is our only ethical choice.