Environment / Health

Climate Change Is a Poor People’s Issue

Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution.

Even Trump now senses that the electorate wants a 2020 candidate who takes climate change seriously.

Members can walk straight into a Capitol Hill clinic, get treated without insurance, and count on taxpayers to cover the tab.

To love America is to love the movements that have fought for centuries to make it better.

From the White House to Ohio, too many politicians care more about protecting toxic industries than their constituents.

Dozens of new state laws are expanding legal cannabis use — and expunging the records of users caught up in the system.

For already vulnerable populations, the health risks of extreme weather events can be deadly.

A whopping 61 percent of Toledo’s voters said “yes” to recognizing legally enforceable rights for the natural world.

My two-year old will barely be the age I am now when the climate catastrophe comes, and that realization is taking a toll.

Milwaukee’s novel approach to combating racial inequity should inspire other cities.