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Book cover of "The Long Haul," featuring a side profile of someone wearing a mask, and another image of Ryan Prior speaking on "Democracy Now!"
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found nearly one in five people infected with COVID-19 go on to experience symptoms of long COVID.
A mother wearing a green t-shirt and a young boy carrying a backpack walk on a sidewalk along a chainlink fence with an empty, dirt lot on the other side, with housing and palm trees visible in the background under a blue sky.
Lead pollution can be found in soil, dust and water. Is your local area contaminated with lead? Here's how to find out — and how to improve your environment and health, especially where there are children.
Images of Amy Littlefield speaking on "Democracy Now!" and a box of Mifeprex (Mifepristone) or abortion pills.
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"Democracy Now!" looks at a hearing by a federal judge in Texas who could restrict medication abortions throughout the United States and revoke the FDA's approval of an abortion medication.
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Activists get a victory in their fight to protect South L.A. residents from the Catholic Archdiocese-owned oil drilling property known as the Murphy drill site in Jefferson Park.
Looking up through a cluster of oil refinery smokestacks spewing smoke against a blue sky
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an "unreasonable risk" to the environment or human health, including a significant cancer risk.
Dirt and dust blow up onto a farmworker in a field who's wearing a hat, sunglasses and a face covering for protection from the sun and air
A major UC Merced study and survey detail the harsh conditions many of California's farmworkers experience at home and work. The issues are under a spotlight following the recent mass shootings at two mushroom farms.
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