Science and Health

True or False? Koch Brothers Group Abandons Its Misleading Anti-Obamacare Ads

True or False? Koch Brothers Group Abandons Its Misleading Anti-Obamacare Ads True or False? Koch Brothers Group Abandons Its Misleading Anti-Obamacare Ads

AFP goes all nice with #PeopleNotPolitics. What’s next: #PeopleNotPipelines?

Mar 21, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Officials Investigating Death of Mentally Ill Homeless Vet Who ‘Baked to Death’ in a New York City Jail Cell

Officials Investigating Death of Mentally Ill Homeless Vet Who ‘Baked to Death’ in a New York City Jail Cell Officials Investigating Death of Mentally Ill Homeless Vet Who ‘Baked to Death’ in a New York City Jail Cell

Jerome Murdough was found dead in a Rikers Island jail cell after it had reached temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mar 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee

Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee Why the NRA Is Blocking Obama’s Surgeon General Nominee

It’s not about his record: it’s part of a longstanding effort to make discussion of gun violence taboo, and to keep the gun industry unregulated. 

Mar 18, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare

Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare Republican Vaporware: Four Years Later, the GOP Still Isn’t Serious About Replacing Obamacare

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the GOP and Obamacare.

Mar 18, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain Warning Signs: How Pesticides Harm the Young Brain

The pathbreaking CHAMACOS study has detected developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields—but will anything change?

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Susan Freinkel

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight The Pesticide Industry vs. Consumers: Not a Fair Fight

By pouring money into politics, pesticide companies have beat back attempts to protect the public.

Mar 11, 2014 / Feature / Lee Fang

Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up

Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up

A triggering event can be so individual, so specific, that there is no anticipating it.

Mar 6, 2014 / Jessica Valenti

International Power Players Are Harming Global Health

International Power Players Are Harming Global Health International Power Players Are Harming Global Health

A major international commission probes the political origins of health inequities—and finds wealthy nations deserve much of the blame.

Mar 5, 2014 / Mara Kardas-Nelson

Introducing Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man!

Introducing Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man! Introducing Invisible-Hand-of-the-Free-Market Man!

IHOTFM Man reminds us of the inherent dignity of work. 

Mar 4, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Keystone XL Might Make You Sick, Literally

Keystone XL Might Make You Sick, Literally Keystone XL Might Make You Sick, Literally

One Senate Democrat says the State Department’s environmental review was “woefully inadequate when it came to exploring human impacts of the pipeline.” 

Feb 27, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

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