This Is Just How Badly Scott Walker Has Decimated Public Schools in Wisconsin
An anti-Act 10 rally outside the Wisconsin capitol in 2011John Hart/AP In the six years since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed the union-busting Act 10, which curtailed collective bargaining rights for public employees, the state’s labor movement has been decimated. Wisconsin was once a leader in organized labor, but its share of workers belonging to unions…
Chicken Farms Fueled a Massive Public Health Crisis—While the Government Turned a Blind Eye
shutterstock This story was originally published by Food and Environment Reporting Network. Antibiotic-resistant infections—everything from gastrointestinal illnesses to recurring urinary tract infections and staph—are among the most menacing issues in public health today, sickening 2 million people a year and killing at least 23,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So perhaps it’s…