First Commercial Crop of GMO Arctic Apples About to Hit Market
Following intense consumer backlash, a number of major food companies such as Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Gerber expressed that they had no plans to source or sell the GMO apple.
Most Americans don’t approve of animal testing—will the U.S. Congress finally pass legislation to...
The Humane Research and Testing Act seeks to move the U.S. toward more ethical methods of researching human disease that don’t involve animals.
Should we abolish billionaires?
America now has more billionaires than at any time in history, while most Americans are struggling to make ends meet. With such...
Obama’s Ugly Show of Presidential Petulance
The President has "worked himself into such a tizzy over the TPP." While his progressive friends in Congress are questioning the secret trade agreement, Obama is lashing out at them in a pathetic show of presidential petulance.
On Leaders and Demagogues
Living in a democracy, it's important that we distinguish leaders from demagogues. So with the current crop of Presidential candidates: Who are the leaders and who are the demagogues?
USDA announces proposal to reinstate protections for Tongass National Forest
While the Trump administration tried to open 9.2 million acres of the forest to logging and roadbuilding, the USDA's proposal will effectively reinstate the protections for Tongass National Forest.
Roses dressed in black
The words and actions of our nation’s leaders have revealed a staggering, even willful, historical amnesia about the disastrous repercussions of America’s twenty-first-century war-mongering.
Former East Chicago Councilman sentenced to 20yrs in federal prison
“I want you to look at my family and see all the pain.”
Nabbing Financial Felons
The government can't stop corporate crime until it starts charging the financial felons for the crimes they oversaw. It's time the banksters themselves feel the heat.
How a company with ties to a Dakota Access Pipeline owner flew over protests...
Why was a private company allowed into this airspace when no one else was? What is the background on this company?