Environment / Health

Race Is a Social Construct, But It Still Matters

by Jill Richardson

From the colonial era to the El Paso shooting, the social impact of race is enormous.

by William Minter

For a planet-wide climate crisis, solutions must also span the planet.

by Jim Hightower

Thousands of people cross the U.S.-Mexico border for health care every day — and they’re headed south, not north.

by Gloria Oladipo

People of color and white rural populations are going to suffer the most from the EPA’s war on renewable power.

by Barbara Gottlieb

Over 1,500 reports show there’s simply no safe way to do it — and it’s harming us all every day it goes on.

by Jim Hightower

While Trump demonizes Central Americans, he ignores those desperate U.S. citizens also driven north — to Canada — by drug prices.

by Andy Spears

Until everyone has access to health coverage, we’ll continue to see the devastating impacts of medical debt and struggling hospitals.

by Jeff Vogel

The trip to the moon led to our nation’s greatest gift to humanity: the first-ever photo of our beautiful, fragile planet.

by Cecily Myart-Cruz

So-called “McTeacher’s Nights” rip off teachers, schools, and McDonald’s workers under the guise of raising funds.

by Mallika Khanna

Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution.