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Environment & Health
In the Race to End Hunger and Mitigate Climate Change, We Must Look to the Soil
Healthy soils are key to achieving food security and halting the planetary burn of climate change.
South Carolina Still Grappling With Historic Flooding From Florence
The Trump administration's refusal to address climate change ensures that more catastrophic storms are on the horizon.
With Primaries Over, Advocates Fight to Keep Single-Payer in Spotlight
Keeping the fight for health care as a human right front and center in the general election is an uphill battle.
Antibiotics Still Used Excessively on US Farms Despite Superbug Crisis
New rules were supposed to curtail use of antibiotics in farm animals, but major companies continue to overuse them.
Immigrants’ Health Premiums Far Exceed What Plans Pay for Their Care
Immigrants subsidize -- rather than drain -- the health care system.
This Organization Is Trying to Get Hurricane Florence Survivors Home Quicker
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still receding floodwaters.
Threat to Obamacare Turns Up the Heat on Attorney General Races
Republican attorneys general across the country are poised to make good on the GOP promise to repeal Obamacare.
California’s “Pro-Choice” Governor Vetoes Abortion Access Bill
Pro-choice legislators often don't understand the lives or needs of those who seek abortion care.
Climate Change Is a Major Midterm Issue. Corporate Media Are Ignoring It.
Debate moderators are asking fewer climate-related questions than they did in 2016.
Trump EPA Plans to Weaken Mercury Regulations
Top EPA officials are catering to coal millionaires.