USDA approves 2 new varieties of GMO potatoes
It's hardly an exaggeration to say that over the past two decades, the agriculture industry in the U.S. has wholeheartedly embraced GMO crops with gusto
Former Chris Christie allies convicted in bridge scandal
Although federal prosecutors claim they do not possess enough evidence to convict Christie of a crime, critics of the New Jersey governor suspect Christie had initiated the Bridgegate scandal and used his subordinates to take the fall for him.
Paris climate agreement becomes official international law
The Paris agreement seeks to create a more transparent system that will allow the public to monitor how well goals are met by each country as climate change progress is made.
Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.
The Standing Rock victory you didn’t hear about
The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.
War and double Standards
Understanding the Sieges of Aleppo and Mosul
North Dakota’s public bank is funding police repression at Standing Rock
In the present political reality, cops and soldiers are brutally cracking down on Standing Rock protesters, and BND is funding it, and that makes BND not truly apolitical, but a facilitator of injustice.
17 ballot initiatives on inequality
On November 8, voters in many states will have the opportunity to weigh in on a wide variety of inequality-related issues, from taxing the wealthy to price-gouging on drugs.
Dakota Access Pipeline CEO Kelcy Warren should face the music
Kelcy Warren is a Texas oil billionaire several times over, and might not be easily deterred by a threatened boycott.
Former police chief sentenced to prison for assaulting handcuffed man
U.S. District Judge Leonard Wexler referred to the former police chief as a “dictator.”