| Aug 13, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I teach about race in sociology classes, I often begin by asking students how and when the idea of race came about. Lesson one? Race is not a biological reality — it’s a social construct. That doesn’t mean there’s no biological basis to it at all — anyone can...
| Aug 7, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingJune 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide, as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100 degrees. Unless new action is taken to curb...
| Aug 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedYou probably haven’t heard about it, but there’s another mass migration coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. However, these aren’t Central American families fleeing horrific conditions back home — only to be separated, incarcerated, traumatized, and...
| Aug 5, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyNew coal standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are threatening to permanently undermine the federal government’s power to control power plant pollution. The new rule — which would empower states to decide how much they want to reduce their...
| Jul 31, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedScience. Evidence. Facts. Do these even matter anymore in U.S. policy? They should — especially when it comes to issues that affect our health and environment, like fracking. Concerned Health Professionals of New York and my organization, Physicians for Social...
| Jul 24, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthWhile Donald Trump fans the embers of xenophobia in our country by demonizing caravans of desperate Central Americans headed north, there are other northern-bound caravans he doesn’t mention. These are U.S. citizens crossing our northern border into Canada,...
