health and safety
Firestorm continues over HHS Secretary’s call to “re-parent” Black children
April 20, 2026Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama reminds him about breaking up of families during centuries of enslavement and Jim Crow.
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Spoiled milk: Capitalism’s role in infant nutrition
March 26, 2026Infant formula manufacturers’ strategy is to cash in by undermining the healthier but unprofitable choice of breastfeeding.
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Wyoming governor signs restrictive six-week abortion ban into law
March 17, 2026From suffrage to suffering: Wyoming goes from a pioneer for women’s rights to a leader in Republican efforts to restrict them.
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U.S. health research project rejected by Guinea-Bissau was deadly anti-vaccine scheme
January 27, 2026Health Secretary RFK Jr. aimed to use Guinea-Bissau newborns to further his vaccine skepticism campaign, and the results could have given a death sentence to many.
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AFL-CIO: Stop Trump crusade to expose people to dangerous chemicals
November 20, 2025Labor unions demand that the Toxic Substances Control Act be left in place, not eliminated, as corporations desire.
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