Environment and Health
Politicians Are Betraying Gen Z on Climate
While Gen-Zers thrift, knit, crochet, and find other ways to reduce our footprints, Trump and the GOP are greenlighting more climate chaos.
10 Ways the GOP Budget Will Make Life Worse for Americans
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class
Trump’s budget bill will force ordinary taxpayers to pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers.
Trump’s Budget Will Devastate Health Care for Rural Families Like Mine
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” will throw millions of Americans off Medicaid and put hundreds of rural hospitals at risk of closing.
Regulate AI — for the Sake of Our Jobs, Brains, and Planet
The more we learn about AI, the clearer it becomes that we need to regulate it.
70 Million Disabled Americans Could Soon Lose Our Rights. I’m One of Them.
17 Republicans are suing to block federal protections for people with disabilities — and the Trump administration won’t even defend them.
Let’s Get Child Labor Off Our Dinner Plates
From agriculture to restaurants, more and more food in this country is produced by child labor. That’s putting whole communities at risk.
We Have a Choice: Weapons and War, or Food and Health Care?
President Trump’s “big brutal bill” slashes SNAP and Medicaid to enrich private prison and military contractor CEOs.
Public Transit Is In Crisis. Congress Can Fix It.
Public transit across the country is in trouble. Fixing that starts with investing in it, not defunding it.
Six Ways Trump’s Budget Will Hurt Rural America
Republicans in Congress are jamming through a sweeping bill to fund handouts to the rich — at the cost of jobs, health care, and food in rural America.
