Health & Wellness

Here and There, Organic Farming Still Thrives in Heart of U.S. Corn Country

WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in...

‘War on Cartels’ and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed and could soon have the authority to make that...

“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril

President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the authority to make that...

Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming

Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report,...

Six Pivotal Health Issues at Stake in This Election

In the final days of the campaign, stark disagreements between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald...

Judge Puts a Halt to Georgia’s Abortion Ban

Reproductive rights defenders cheered Monday’s ruling by a Georgia judge striking down the state’s six-week abortion ban as a violation of “a woman’s right to control...

California Bans Medical Debt From Credit Reports

Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday...

Employers Can Now Deny Workers Time Off for an Abortion or IVF

This story was originally published by the 19th. More than 8,000 Catholic employers across the country will not be required to provide accommodations for workers...

Drillers Legally Dump Tons of Toxic, Radioactive Waste Into the North Sea

This story was produced in partnership with the investigative journalism platform Follow The Money.It was a stormy gray day in 1987 when a young environmental...

How Abortion Bans Kill By Delaying Emergency Medical Care

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was...

America’s Thousand Percent Prescription Drug Tariff

Readers are undoubtedly confused by the reference to 1000 percent tariffs on prescription drugs. We don’t call our protection for prescription drug companies “tariffs,”...