Environment and Health
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.
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.