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Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection
The Department of Labor filed suit against Brazil meatpacking firm JBS for employing children in Minnesota and Nebraska.
Congress Has One Last Chance to Turn the Tide of the Overdose Crisis
Doctors urge the Senate to vote on bipartisan legislation that would expand access to lifesaving buprenorphine.
Chicago Votes in Favor of Removing Police From Mental Health Crisis Response
The response to the referendum was a victory for organizers who have fought to get police out of mental health.
Why Did Democrats Vote With the GOP to End the COVID National Emergency?
Congress is debating whether to terminate emergency orders that have allowed more people to access health care.
Military Bases Are Disproportionately Poisoning Communities of Color
North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune exemplifies the concerning extent to which toxic contamination has gone unaddressed.
CDC Finds Huge Racial Disparities in Access to COVID Treatment Paxlovid
Black patients received Paxlovid for COVID-19 infection 36 percent less often than white patients.
Asbestos Ban Receives Renewed Push Following Chlorine Plant Investigation
A recent report by ProPublica has renewed calls to ban the importing and use of the potent carcinogen in the U.S.
We Must Shut Down Factory Farms to Protect Clean Water and Environmental Justice
The overwhelming majority of U.S. food systems are dominated by a handful of corporations that pollute our communities.
COVID Has Become Indefinite. We Need New Practices to Keep Each Other Safe.
Some community organizers are using consent-based practices to build a safer world as the state abandons public health.
Nuclear Power Isn’t Clean — It Creates Hellish Wastelands of Radioactive Sewage
Nuclear power carries with it an unbearable price tag: nightmarish contamination and the threat to survival itself.