Environment and Health
Even with the Shutdown Ending, Millions Will Lose Food Aid
The GOP budget bill passed earlier this year includes the largest cuts to SNAP in history. And those cuts are starting now.
States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to cause major pain in statehouses. Lawmakers need to prepare now.
Rural America Has a Plan. Congress Needs to Show Up.
Five ways lawmakers can deliver for rural America — not just corporations and the wealthy.
Democracy Begins Where We Live
Whether we’re facing flooding, AI disruption, or authoritarianism, it will be the people around us who get us through.
Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War
There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.
Ten Ways You’re Being Burned By Billionaires
Many Americans don’t realize it, but the decisions of billionaires shape every aspect of our lives. Here are just a few — and what we can do.
AI ‘Friends’ Are a Big Joke — At Our Expense
Most Americans think technology is making us lonelier. Big Tech’s solution? Be friends with your tech.
Stop Trump’s SNAP Coverup
The administration isn’t just cutting food benefits for hungry kids. It’s cancelling federal research into who’s even hungry.
The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown
Health care costs are about to skyrocket for working Americans, but GOP lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.
RFK Threatens a Century of Medical Progress
The antivaxxer-in-chief may lead us back to an era of long-eradicated diseases.