The first time I heard Amy Goodman’s voice on the independent news program Democracy Now!, it was 2016 and I was fresh out of journalism grad school. I was still new to Washington, DC, where I lived in an eclectic seven-person group house and wrote about earthquakes and asteroid dust for my (paid!) internship at a science news magazine.
Behold the “No Kings” protests last month. Millions of Americans in the streets opposing the Trump administration’s reckless governing principles. Thousands of communities expressing the solemn right to push back against a clear and present danger. At least for the time being. For real.
A sticky situation is unfolding. Across the United States, men and women are busy shepherding their bees and preparing for the upcoming season. While honey bees fill the air looking for sweet smelling flowers, heightened operating expenses and declining honey production is leaving a sour taste for many beekeepers.
The EPA stopped valuing the lives it could save, setting up a deregulatory disaster that will be hazardous to your health.
Wherever Trump looks, he sees existential threats to America that do not exist. He invents fantasy crises as a pretext to exercise emergency powers, like the emergency tariffs just invalidated by the Supreme Court.
The fires that ravaged Los Angeles County last January destroyed or partially burned more than 18,000 homes and other structures and blanketed a like number in toxic smoke and soot. A year later, recovery is lagging: Fewer than a dozen destroyed homes have been rebuilt, and less than 1,000 rebuilds are on track for this year.
To start the new year off on the right foot, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin needed something he could sell to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
MAHA has been played.
For months leading up to the 2024 election, the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement captivated a nation overwhelmed by chronic diseases. I found hope in a powerful promise regarding our food supply: we would finally stop poisoning our own people.
Workers across the country should never face the prospect of developing cancer simply by performing the jobs they are entrusted to do and contributing to the strength of the economy.
Since being announced this month, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) have received significant attention. As a registered dietitian, here’s what I suggest taking and leaving from the DGAs.