health
Fighting for breath by the dying Salton Sea
December 19, 2017The children of North Shore are the proverbial canaries in the coal mine, whose sudden illnesses warn of a greater disaster to come.
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Trump’s fracking plans put Nevada, West Virginia in crosshairs
November 16, 2017“We won’t let Nevada’s water and wildlife be sacrificed for oil industry profits."
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Rogue judge pushes on with destruction of the Standing Rock Sioux
November 10, 2017“This pipeline represents a threat to the livelihoods and health of our Nation every day it is operational."
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Chicago activists to hospital: Stop unnecessary surgery on intersex children
November 1, 2017The practice involves the medically unnecessary alteration of genitals and gonadal glands, a "corrective treatment” which the hospital offers.
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UFCW, top anti-poverty group oppose chicken industry speed-up scheme
October 20, 2017The poultry processors also say their no-speed-limit demand “is consistent with” the GOP Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda.
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