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Moms.gov is “propaganda” — not what American moms really need

To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Trump administration launched the website moms.gov, presenting it as an effort to provide resources for new and expectant mothers. The site’s stated mission is “ensuring the well-being of mothers and the health of American families.”…

July 30, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Ebola and hantavirus reveal US as a major threat to global health

Ebola virus is in the headlines again this week. It’s a perennial pathogen, highly contagious and extremely deadly, and its occasional flareups could threaten a global disaster. An ongoing outbreak in the the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Abortion bans are making miscarriage treatment more dangerous

In 2022, after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, a trigger ban in Texas went into effect. This meant that for doctors, performing an abortion after the moment of fertilization in pregnancy, became a punishable felony. In…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Ebola shows how Trump’s health policies are going global — and coming home

The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis. When Health and Human Services pleaded for volunteers from the Centers for…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Risk of nuclear catastrophe is worse than ever. We can change that

Half a lifetime ago, I had a crappy copyediting job that meant I had to drive for 90 minutes through traffic across the sprawling concrete wasteland of Phoenix. The job itself was boring and soulless, and after spending another 90…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

AI doomerism is misplaced. Here’s what it will take to pop the bubble

Nostalgia is supposed to take at least a decade or more to kick in, but nowadays people are already pining for just a few years ago, before the president was drenching us in crappy AI memes and reply guys were…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The rising price of Trump’s anti-science agenda

There’s a well-known scene from a 2001 episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” in which a mob of fish mistakes a feeble old man for a bully and attacks him. The gag happens again, leading a blue fish to famously quip, “How…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Immigration crackdown cripples America’s caregiving industry

Caregivers in the U.S. are paid just under $26,000 a year on average for the most important work there is. And this June, we learned the government drew up a plan to mark many of them dead. Let’s back up:…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Democrats’ key to winning the midterms

American voters desperately want relief from rising prices — especially the increasingly unaffordable cost of healthcare. Democrats have a plan for that. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Breathable air is a luxury. Paying out of pocket could be next

Imagine this conversation with your spouse or roommate: “Dude, what is that smell? It stinks like burning diapers. Did you forget to pay the air?” Sounds like something from a knockoff episode of “Black Mirror,” right? Canned air was actually…

July 29, 2026 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0