safety
Kids in Flint still afraid to drink the water
June 28, 2018The whistleblower pediatrician, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, says, even today, “If you turn on the tap, they don’t want it.”
Read moreCourt orders pipeline to halt construction over West Virginia streams, wetlands
June 27, 2018"Putting the breaks on this is the only just outcome for communities directly impacted by this destructive project."
Read moreNew York nurses rally for safe staffing ratios
June 12, 2018The Nurses' Union is demanding improved staffing to patient ratios which will improve quality of care and allow nurses to spend more time with individual patients, providing support and comfort as well as medical treatment.
Read moreNew report on efforts to beat plastic pollution
June 5, 2018A new report from UN Environment finds a surging momentum in global efforts to address plastic pollution and offers an approach to rethink how the world produces, uses, and manages single-use plastics.
Read moreEllison slams Trump scheme to resurrect child labor
May 25, 2018Teenagers in coal mines. Kids driving forklifts. 17-year-olds operating dangerous machinery. It all could be possible under a new Trump plan.
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