Kolhatkar: When we look at the results of the People’s Budget surveys, people were happy to designate a mere 1.64 percent of the entire city’s budget to police, which is quite remarkable. As an ...

As a fossil fuels and climate reporter, most of my journalism focuses on the need to radically overhaul the energy system. But the food sector also needs a makeover, as it creates between a quarter ...

In early 2020, a group of Saudi farmers led Vanessa Melino into the desert. Melino, a plant physiologist, was looking for hardy crops that could thrive in harsh, arid conditions. After driving for ...

On a Wednesday summer evening on the Rosebud Reservation, members of the Siċaŋġu Nation arrange 12 tables to form a U around the parking lot of a South Dakota Boys & Girls Club. The tables at the ...

For the past four decades or so, the Florin farmers market has been a source for affordable produce for many living in the small suburb in Sacramento, California. According to Sam Greenlee, executive ...

covers farming and agricultural policy for Sentient. Her reporting has been published in Truthdig and the Good Men Project. Hussain holds her Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts ...

Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Öz to lead Medicare, though he owns significant shares in UnitedHealth Group.

Incoming president Donald Trump has picked TV celebrity Mehmet Öz, or “Dr. Oz,” to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Center for Science in the Public Interest has ...

Melina Abdullah, Ph.D., is a fixture among racial justice activists in Los Angeles, leading Black Lives Matter LA’s protests and actions from the campus of California State University, Los Angeles. In ...

With sea levels rising and groundwater running out, crops that thrive in saltwater could bolster future food supplies.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s tenure has been powerful; she has emerged as one of the most pro-public interest FTC chairs in recent memory. In December 2024, a U.S. district court granted ...