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Environment & Health
Can Overuse of Health Care Be Managed by Giving Consumers More Choice and Responsibility?
After six years, the Affordable Care Act has failed to adequately rein in costs or prices.
As Protests Erupt Nationwide, New Video of Off-Duty NYPD Cop Killing Delrawn Small Sparks Outrage
Protests against police brutality erupted across the United States over the weekend.
I Was Sick for a Year After an Oil Spill. Five Years Later, Pipeline Accidents Are Worsening
New laws passed in the five years since a pipeline break fouled the Yellowstone River have failed to stem oil and gas pipeline accidents.
Radioactive Waste and the Nuclear War on Australia’s Aboriginal People
The government has embarked on its third attempt and once again it is trying to impose a dump on Aboriginal land despite clear opposition from traditional owners.
How a Controversial Dam Threatens Rights of Canada’s Indigenous Innu People
Across the world, many areas sacrificed for hydroelectric generation belong to indigenous or land-based peoples.
Dining Out? Here’s Some Food for Thought
Big chain restaurants pay poverty wages, hurt local economies and pollute our climate.
A Brief Guide for Reading About Paulette Leaphart (Especially if You’re White)
Ask yourself how you might see her story differently if she were white. Just in case.
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of US Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later
Marshall Islanders living on the fallout-contaminated islands ended up breathing, absorbing, drinking and eating considerable amounts of radioactivity.
How the Corporate Food Industry Destroys Democracy
Our democracy doesn't work because our lawmakers are bought and paid for by special interests like Monsanto.
High-Level EPA Adviser Accused of Scientific Fraud in Methane Leak Research
How much methane is spewing from oil and gas sites nationwide, and what do we do as a result?