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#ForewordFriday: How Neighborhoods Kill

By Katharine Sucher / On April 20th, 2018
In Twenty Years of Life, award-winning health journalist Suzanne Bohan exposes the disturbing flip side of the American dream: your health is largely determined by your zip code. The strain of living in a poor neighborhood, with sub-par schools, lack of parks, fear of violence, few to no healthy food options, and the stress of unpaid bills is literally taking years off people’s lives.
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Lyme: A Q&A with Mary Beth Pfeiffer

By Katharine Sucher / On April 18th, 2018
They are crossing continents and climbing mountains, are hatching invisibly by the billion, and are carrying diseases that may be coming to a neighborhood near you. As ticks move into new areas and enjoy longer seasons, they are changing millions of lives, driving up healthcare costs, and infusing a simple walk in the woods or picnic in a city park with fear.

Sustainable, Equitable Strategies to Cool Down This Summer

By Michelle de la Uz / On February 9th, 2018
Believe it or not, now is the time to prepare for deadly summer heat. Gowanus, Brooklyn can show us how to tackle the heat while creating a more equitable and sustainable community.  

Powerful Forces: Carey Gillam Talks Monsanto, Pesticides, and More

By Katharine Sucher / On October 11th, 2017
Booklist called it a "must-read." Kirkus deemed it a "hard-hitting, eye-opening narrative." To Publishers Weekly it is "a damning picture." Carey Gillam's Whitewash uncovers one of the most controversial stories in the history of food and agriculture at a time when a new political administration has set about slashing regulations of pesticides.

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