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But oil industry pollution doesn't hurt human health in times of disaster only. It turns out that a common type of pollution emitted by the oil industry during normal operations may be making exposed people more vulnerable to the COVID-19.

From our vantage point at the beginning of this pandemic, it is not hard to see how it would have been different if we had had a Medicare for All system before the virus arrived.

As we head into the fifth month of the outbreak millions of working families feel like they have been kidnapped and sent to hell.

A national movement stalled by backlash politics gets some new wind at its back.

Our resources to ensure those individuals are tested are even more compromised in this era. Reaching the undiagnosed is even more challenging, difficult and unlikely to happen.

Were the Supreme Court to validate Trump’s position in either case, or decline to decide the cases, it would stymie Congress and force it to seek enforcement by arresting those who refused to honor their subpoenas.

The show was created to put kids’ screen time to good use. Half a century later, how is it holding up?

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact.

Sending students, professors, and workers back to campus, amid a pandemic, because colleges and universities need the cash, is a statement of bankruptcy more profound than any balance sheet could ever tally.

This pandemic calls for us to challenge our militarized notion of security. There is ample evidence that a militarized response will further criminalize marginalized communities of color who are often targets of over-policing and imprisonment.