Food and Farming

Lessons About Poverty in America’s Heartland
Being poor affects everything from your health to the water you drink. It can also be transformed into a powerful force for change.

Want to Ensure Marijuana Is Safe? Legalize and Regulate It
Public officials are spreading rumors about “fentanyl-laced” cannabis. These concerns are way overblown, but there is an easy solution.

It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging
Corporations are using “inflation” as a cover to hike prices and record record profits. We’ve got the proof.

Building Community, One Fruit Tree at a Time
A fast-growing, underground fruit economy is spreading in cities across America.

Blame Corporate Greed for Inflation
CEOs are taking every opportunity to further pad their own pockets. Here’s how to hold them accountable.

A Chance to Protect Our Essential Workers
Two years after the largest workplace raid in U.S. history, immigrant workers deserve a path to citizenship.

Farm Workers Are Dying. Blame Our Exploitative Food System.
Our food system is built on exploited labor — a problem that’s getting worse as the climate changes. What’s the solution?

Cubans Are Suffering. Biden Needs to End the Embargo.
Biden should reverse Trump’s sanctions and call an end to 60 years of brutal economic warfare.

We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline
The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.

Factory Farms Are a Deadly Nuisance
Regulators, take notice: Air pollution from factory farms now kills more people than even coal pollution.