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Environment & Health
What to Know About New Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
Who is this new secretary of Health and Human Services?
In the Face of Climate Crisis, Let’s Make 2018 a Year for Realism
Acknowledging the impossible shows us what's possible.
Dahr Jamail | “Do We Really Need to Fly?”: Meet the Climate Scientists Walking Their Talk
“Flying felt like taking from my children.”
How Economic Distress Impacts Your Health
Where you live plays a powerful role on your health.
Medicare-for-All Proponents Warn Against Billionaires’ Plan to “Disrupt” Health Care Industry
This is a sharp turn away from a single-payer health care system.
Trump Says Ice Caps Are Healthy, “Setting Records”
Trump insists that ‘the ice caps are at a record level,’ confirming that he's living on a different planet.
Eleven Billion Pieces of Plastic Bring Disease Threat to Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are in danger.
Drowning in Oil: How Trump’s Offshore Drilling Policies Will Impact the US Coastline
Over the next five years, more leases to drill will be sold than at any time in US history.
Diversity in Health Care and Medical Training Saves Lives
Implicit bias can have deadly outcomes for patients.
How to Bring Caring for Kids and Elders (and Other Acts of Love) Into the Economy
It's one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it's extremely undervalued.