Environment and Health

No More Empty Seats At Our Holiday Tables
Overdoses took over 108,000 lives this year. If it acts quickly, Congress can save lives — and keep more loved ones together for the holidays.

Young Voters Delivered Big Wins for Abortion Rights
Lawmakers should take note: Young people will resist radical efforts to violate our reproductive freedoms and our futures.

How Low-Income Voters Shaped The Midterm Elections
Americans across the spectrum voted to raise wages, expand health care, and protect abortion rights. These issues have a common thread.

Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift
The immediate impacts are modest, but the order marks a top-level recognition that 100 years of cannabis prohibition were a mistake.

Safe Tap Water Should Be a Human Right
But from Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal communities in the West, millions of Americans don’t have it.

Can’t Beat the Heat? Blame Inequality
Why poor neighborhoods are often hotter than rich neighborhoods — and what to do about it.

Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap
Over 2 million Americans like me are stuck without health care because 12 GOP-ruled states keep refusing to expand Medicaid.

Devolution
America’s anti-science fringe driving us backward in more ways than one.

Nuclear Power: A Panacea?
The war in Ukraine is blurring the lines between civilian and military nuclear programs.

Pass the MAT Act to Defeat Overdoses
In football families like mine, the game means pain — and all too often, addiction to painkillers. Lawmakers can help.