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Environment & Health
Health Care Corporations Flooded Political Campaigns With Cash in 2017
The nation’s largest health care corporations spent at least $61 million in 2017 to influence politics.
Insurance Industry Whistleblower Exposes Effort to Crush Medicare for All
UnitedHealthcare CEO Steve Nelson has boasted about how much his company is doing to undermine Medicare for All.
Trump Is Rewriting the Rules to Favor the Pipeline Industry
Fossil fuel pipelines are the real-life point of conflict in the debate over our climate and our energy future.
What Would a Post-ACA America Look Like?
Life expectancy, which has been declining in the U.S., may fall even further as Republicans move to gut health care.
Obama Pushes Neoliberal Myths on Health Care at Fundraiser
Both of our establishment political parties are scared to death of social democracy and working-class revolts.
Standing in the Fire With Young Climate Activists
Older generations have a moral obligation to stand with youth amid the climate catastrophe.
Medicare for 64-Year-Olds Is a Step Toward Medicare for All
Lowering the Medicare age to 64 is a big first step.
The Insect Apocalypse Is Coming: Here Are Five Lessons We Must Learn
Insects are undergoing a massive decline and that spells trouble for humanity.
Logging Is the Leading Driver of Carbon Emissions From US Forests
To effectively mitigate climate change, we must stop burning carbon for fuel and greatly increase forest protection.
In the Wake of Cyclone Idai, the North Has a Climate Debt to Pay
Civil society groups are doing the hard work of recovery, but fossil fuel companies and rich countries need to step up.