Science and Health

Health Policy Placebos Health Policy Placebos

Clinton and Obama haven't come up with real solutions yet, but a mass movement could push them toward the right solution.

Mar 27, 2008 / Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein

Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts

Signs of trouble no matter who is elected President.

Mar 25, 2008 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Milk Wars Milk Wars

As struggling dairy farmers seek profits by responding to rising consumer demand for raw milk, regulators are taking a hard line.

Mar 5, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert

Long Roe to Hoe Long Roe to Hoe

Improving the sorry state of US reproductive health policy requires serious shifts within the women's movement and the abortion rights movement.

Jan 17, 2008 / Frances Kissling and Kate Michelman

Toy Story Toy Story

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.

Jan 3, 2008 / Daphne Eviatar

USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program

A plan to implant farm animals with electronic tracking tags gives corporate agriculture a monopoly on the future of food, and it has sparked political backlash in rural America.

Dec 14, 2007 / Feature / William Pentland and David E. Gumpert

Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy

 

Dec 6, 2007 / The Nation

Civic Agriculture = Sane Housing Civic Agriculture = Sane Housing

There is an alternative to unhealthy eating and irresponsible development schemes.

Dec 3, 2007 / Feature / Nevin Cohen

Luxury Grub Luxury Grub

What's so great about designer chocolate if it's infested with cockroach droppings? As the economic widens, rich and poor still occupy the same food chain.

Nov 19, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich

Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested? Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested?

As consumers increasingly seek out farmers who raise organic and unpasteurized food, suddenly energized regulators claim they want to "protect" us from pathogens and other dangers....

Nov 17, 2007 / Feature / David E. Gumpert

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