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World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say

After Trump stopped funding the WHO, the agency retreated even more from occupational safety and health programs, putting millions of workers at risk as the planet warms, advocates contend. They hope its leaders change that when they meet next week.

By Liza Gross

A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights

By Liza Gross

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives

By Liza Gross

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat

By Martha Pskowski, Keerti Gopal

Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows

By Bob Berwyn

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder

By Anika Jane Beamer

In Illinois prisons, the threat of heat is amplified by dirty or dangerous living conditions including little to no access to air conditioning, contaminated water and few real ways to cool down. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most

By Siri Chilukuri

30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem

By Keerti Gopal

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