Food and Farming
Factory Farms Are a Deadly Nuisance
Regulators, take notice: Air pollution from factory farms now kills more people than even coal pollution.
An Invisible Essential Labor Force
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.
Don’t Let Wall Street Get Rich Off Water
Shameless speculators are trying to privatize and commoditize the water all humans need to live.
Water Is Life. Can We Protect It?
Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.
The Fraught Politics of Wolf Hunting
In Wisconsin, a wolf hunt gone wrong offers a lesson about the failures of our national politics, too.
We Need Democracy, Not Billionaire Philanthropy
Instead of funding only the projects that a single billionaire esteems worthy, democracy demands something different: input.
Smithfield’s Pork PR Scam
The factory farm giant can’t call itself “sustainable” while polluting water, spraying manure, and getting into the natural gas business.
Overhaul the USDA
For decades, the agriculture department has been indifferent to struggling rural communities. That has to change.
Planet Plastic
The vast tonnage of this trash increases every minute, with an afterlife lasting centuries.
Learning the Lessons of the Latino Vote
Georgia will determine control of the Senate. The votes of Latinos, who have suffered badly during the pandemic, could be decisive.