Health

Two new official reports out of Washington trace our growing economic divide and the high price we pay, in dollars and lives, for letting that divide fester.

Workers and their families should not have to rely on public donations if they are hurt or killed on the job.

What can we do to stop America's next horrific eruption of corporate greed?

A new report offers recommendations for state policymakers looking to strengthen the backbone of the care economy — the direct care workers themselves.

Imagine if a new generation could experience guaranteed care, with quality not determined by wealth or income, but instead delivered as the human right it should be.

We need more than a moratorium on making inheritable edits in our genetic code. We need a moratorium on people getting rich off of editing our genes.

One gets life behind bars, the other retires into luxury. Guess which one wreaked more havoc.

Imagine supporting farmers markets, child nutrition, and local agriculture with money we spend on factory farms.

Motivated by her friends' and family members' suffering, a young woman in a depressed steel town joins the movement for universal health care.