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Environment & Health
Does Most of Your Paycheck Go to Rent? That May Be Hurting Your Health
More than 800,000 households spend at least half of their income on housing.
HUD’s Inspection System Gets a Poor Grade in Congressional Watchdog’s Report
There are numerous cases in which substandard housing complexes received passing — and even glowing — scores from HUD.
We Already Spend More Than Medicare for All Would Cost Us
Our commercial healthcare system will never be something that they can count on for affordable healthcare.
Mozambique Is Drowning. Nebraska Has Flooded. We Need a Green New Deal.
From mass death and displacement in Mozambique to flooded farms in Kansas, the climate refugee crisis is spreading.
Midwestern Floods Threaten Indigenous Communities at Forefront of Climate Crisis
Nebraska and the Midwest are recovering from devastating climate change-fueled floods.
Hear the Song of the Earth While You Still Can
Dahr Jamail saw and touched and tasted the climate of this world even as it radically shifted before his eyes.
Jury Finds Monsanto’s Roundup Guilty of Causing Cancer
The jury's verdict comes just months after Monsanto was ordered to pay over $200 million in damages to another plaintiff.
Who’s Behind Trump’s Claim the Green New Deal Will Cost $100 Trillion?
This is an example of how local concerns about renewable energy projects are often exploited by political operatives.
Latest Science Debunks Claim That Marijuana Significantly Harms Brain
Sound science should guide marijuana policy, not conservative bias based on outdated myths.
Glyphosate Herbicides Are Altering the Food Chain
Glyphosate-based herbicides are not supposed to harm wildlife, but lab studies keep finding otherwise.