Environment and Health
Public Health Reduces Drug Deaths. Wars Don’t.
Invading Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs, but slashing the safety net does.
The Clock Is Ticking: Invest in the Planet, Not the Pentagon
At the 10 year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, U.S. climate commitments are being swallowed up by military spending.
Save Our Forests, One Roll at a Time
Want an easy New Year’s resolution? Replace some of your conventional toilet paper with rolls made from recycled paper.
How To Have a Plastic-Free Holiday Season
Our world is awash in plastic and Americans are sick of it. Fortunately, you can have a plastic-free — or plastic-light — holiday season.
Congress Cut Medicaid. It Could Devastate Rural Hospital Staffing.
Federal cuts to health care means health centers will have less funding — and less staffing — while trying to serve more uninsured patients.
The Public Pays the Price for Big Tech’s Data Centers
The relentless push for data centers is raising our power bills and polluting our communities. It doesn’t have to be this way.
If People Are Going Hungry, Why Can’t We Feed Them?
As Congress slashes SNAP, more states need to step up to fill in the gap.
Less for Health Care, More for the Pentagon
Even with U.S. health premiums set to double, senators gave essential health funds as a bonus to the $1 trillion Pentagon.
The Government Is Open. Now It Needs to Get America Moving — Literally.
President Trump is now threatening federal transit funding — which could hit small urban and rural transit agencies hardest.
Without Medicaid, Many Rural Americans Will Die
The attacks on Medicaid aren’t just policy choices — they’re signing people’s death certificates before they ever see a physician.
