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AIPAC’s Money Still Finds Its Candidates

Follow the Money Part 2: Tracing a Committee Called Better Blue Fund

Fifty Years After Lafayette Terrace Residents First Complained, Coakley Dump Is Finally Getting the Pump and Treat System It Was Always Supposed to Have

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Follow the Money

NH-01's Path to the September 8th Primary

When the Sky Turns Yellow, and the Water Makes You Sick: This Is What Happens When Public Health Is Under Attack

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The Merrimack Was Not an Accident. Neither Is Any of This.

This essay expands on my op-ed published today, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in Seacoast Online.

As Lawmakers Procrastinate on PFAS, Mothers and Newborns Pay the Price

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Sewage in the Merrimack: A Holiday Crisis Years in the Making

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The Chemours Settlement Is Historic. It Is Also Incomplete.

The federal government's first PFAS manufacturer settlement is real, and it is not enough.

The Government Knows. It Just Doesn’t Care.

I submitted this piece for publication this week.

Trump EPA rollback of drinking water protections poses risk

Stefany Shaheen, Mindi Messmer, and Andrea Amico, Guest Columnists for Seacoastonline, posted on June 5, 2026