Transgender Rights Are Under Siege in Trump’s America Transgender Rights Are Under Siege in Trump’s America
Transgender people are facing attacks on their health care, employment, and more.
Dec 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women
Alabama’s painful racial legacy lives on in health-care inequality.
Dec 17, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump Moves to Gut the Clean Water Act Trump Moves to Gut the Clean Water Act
Another attack on our environment.
Dec 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Poland Climate Conference Is Awash in Corporate Meddling The Poland Climate Conference Is Awash in Corporate Meddling
What are big-business interests doing at the Katowice United Nations conference?
Dec 11, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis
Island nations and territories are bearing the brunt of this ecological scourge.
Dec 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now? Is the Nail-Salon Industry Any Better for Workers Now?
Three years after a landmark exposé, have conditions improved in nail salons?
Dec 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen
The Gender Wage Gap Is Worse Than We Thought The Gender Wage Gap Is Worse Than We Thought
When you track men and women across their careers, the difference in pay can be as much as 50 percent.
Nov 28, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Appalachia Already Has a Plan to Get Past Coal Appalachia Already Has a Plan to Get Past Coal
Green energy, jobs training, affordable housing: We just need to fund it.
Nov 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Immigrants Will Be Vital to the Future of American Democracy Immigrants Will Be Vital to the Future of American Democracy
That is, if anti-immigrant policies don’t stop civic engagement in its tracks.
Nov 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen
More Nurses Means Better Care—So Why Did This Ballot Measure Fail? More Nurses Means Better Care—So Why Did This Ballot Measure Fail?
Massachusetts rejected mandatory patient-to-staff ratios that advocates say could save lives.
Nov 15, 2018 / Michelle Chen