health
‘Waking in Havana’: Good works on the AIDS front in Cuba
November 12, 2019Elena Schwolsky’s new book Waking in Havana: A Memoir of AIDS and Healing in Cuba is a well-written, moving account of her work as a nurse in Cuba’s HIV/AIDS prevention program.
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Worse than Flint: Canadians face widespread lead contamination
November 4, 2019Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water.
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Trump air quality deregulation translates into more deaths
October 24, 2019Tweeting that the U.S. has the cleanest air in the world does not make it so.
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‘Flint: The Poisoning of an American City’ gives voice to victims
October 18, 2019Flint residents have been fighting for clean water and justice since 2014. Five years and counting since the water crisis there made national news and many residents are still without access to safe water.
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UFCW sues to stop Trump from returning slaughterhouses to The Jungle
October 8, 2019Trump’s pork processing rule is yet another instance of his pro-plutocratic GOP administration caviling to the wishes of the corporate class.
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