Environment and Health
Privatizing the VA Will Be a Disaster for Rural Vets
Forcing millions of veterans out of the VA and into our crumbling rural hospitals will hurt both vets and their communities.
AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle
Billionaires want to use your tax dollars to put nuclear-powered AI data centers in drought-prone farmland. What could go wrong?
The Climate’s Emergency Brake
Slashing methane emissions now could slow the runaway train of global warming long enough to get our act together. But only if we act.
Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts
Rural hospitals — often the largest employers as well as critical care providers in their regions — will be among the worst hit by the GOP’s Medicaid cuts.
Communities Pay the Price for ‘Free’ AI Tools
AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water, and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.
Trump’s Tax Law Clobbers State Budgets. Now’s the Time to Prepare.
With Trump and the GOP slashing essential services to enrich the wealthy, states and cities need to get creative in taking care of the rest of us.
Big Insurance Companies Are Fleecing Disaster Survivors — and the Rest of Us
Local and regional insurance companies beat the big guys at serving your community — and the planet.
Kids With Autism Deserve Care, Not Cuts
My son has flourished with autism therapies made available by Medicaid, which millions of families are now at risk of losing.
More Americans Can Get Compensated for Nuclear Poisoning — But There’s a Catch
A hard-won expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was paired with cuts that will devastate health care access.
The Texas Floods Are a Warning: Fund Public Services
We need to shine a light on all the good that “invisible” public services like the National Weather Service do.
