Environment and Health
The Green New Deal: Let’s Get Visionary
We need a plan to save the planet while creating great jobs. Actually, there is one.
The Progressive Promise of ‘Trump Country’
The left can offer much of what Trump voters say they want: health care, fair wages, education, clean water, and a government uncorrupted by big money.
A War on Science, Morals, and Law
Many “scientific” questions are more accurately considered moral questions. The Trump administration’s approach to the environment fails on both counts.
Executives Make Millions Misleading Cancer Patients. Here’s One Way to Stop Them.
Cancer-treatment executives are reaping fortunes off misleading marketing. We should make that less profitable.
Hell-Care in Michigan
My loved one was abruptly dropped by Medicaid, which is potentially life-threatening. This is what happens when politicians don’t treat care as a right.
Marijuana Legalization Is Coming to America’s Heartland
Pro-legalization politicians and ballot initiatives won big in red, blue, and purple states across the heartland. That shouldn’t be surprising.
Fiddling While California Burns
Fanning the flames of climate denial.
California Is on Fire. Trump’s Solution: Rakes?
America’s largest state is suffering one of its worst climate catastrophes to date, but the president refuses to see the obvious.
The Senate Needs to Put People Before Pipelines
Last year, a little-known commission killed a boneheaded idea to make consumers prop up the coal industry. Now Trump wants to give an industry loyalist a seat.
Say No to Paper Receipts This Holiday Season
A great gift to give yourself — and the planet — is to skip out on those chemical-coated slips of paper.
