Environment and Health

Is Pot Really More Potent These Days? Does It Matter?
Cannabis, like alcohol, is available in a variety of potencies. Unlike alcohol, a potent dose of cannabis won’t kill you.

Paid Sick and Family Leave Can’t Wait
For workers like my mom, the financial strain caused by a lack of paid leave can be just as stressful as catching COVID-19.

Essential Workers Deserve $15 an Hour
We care for your parents, children, and homes. We should make enough to care for our own, too.

We Need Democracy, Not Billionaire Philanthropy
Instead of funding only the projects that a single billionaire esteems worthy, democracy demands something different: input.

Smithfield’s Pork PR Scam
The factory farm giant can’t call itself “sustainable” while polluting water, spraying manure, and getting into the natural gas business.

Overhaul the USDA
For decades, the agriculture department has been indifferent to struggling rural communities. That has to change.

Why Working People Spell ‘BOSS’ Backwards
Grocery giants like Kroger are refusing employees hazard pay while buying their own stock with their extra profits.

Why Some Men Reject Environmentalism
Research links embracing fossil fuels to conservative ideas about masculinity. Can these ideas change?

We Need More Partisanship, Not Less
Democrats shouldn’t compromise their solutions to pander to a GOP that is part of the problem.

Operation Snail Speed
Blink and you’ll miss the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the U.S.