* Medicare and Medicaid are not independent sources of compassionate care, but rather parts of a larger system that condemns the sick and disabled to a life of devastating health and wealth disparities.*

Small improvements in that system won't enable people who are destitute to cope.

Scientists say wood-burning stoves cause a lot of indoor pollution and should carry health warnings.

*Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee urges Joe Biden to release CIA report* on Khashoggi's assassination. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/jamal-khashoggis-fiancee-urges-joe-biden-to-release-cia-report

Volunteers find and stop fishing in the Po river delta, which is forbidden since the water is full of industrial pollution so the fish are not safe to eat.

The International Labor Organization has ordered countries to respect the treaties that give sailors the right to leave a ship to get medical care or to go home.