Judge blocks Monsanto’s bid to stop California from listing glyphosate as carcinogenic
Monsanto plans to challenge the ruling and insists on the safety of glyphosate.
Firing squads, poison gas, electric chair: Trump moves to expand ways to kill prisoners
“When you give absolute power over life and death to government officials, they can really do what they want.”
Former Minneapolis cop sentenced to prison after fatal shooting
“There is no cause for celebration: no one has won. We all have lost, none more than Daunte Wright and the people who love him."
EPA reportedly helped Paris agreement opponents place op-eds in newspapers
Conservative op-eds argued wrongly that China and India are not taking action.
Millions of Americans believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, study finds
The fact that some people – 16.4 million, to be precise – believe chocolate milk comes directly from a cow’s teat is a problem.
Cheney, Rothschild, and Fox News’ Murdoch to Drill for Oil in Syria, Violating International...
Dick Cheney, Rupert Murdoch, and Lord Jacob Rothschild and their company Genie Energy are about to make a killing on oil - from the killing in Syria.
German Environment Agency Finds Increase of Glyphosate in Urine Since 2001
In 2001 glyphosate was detected in the urine of only 10% of the participants, in 2013 it was present in just under 60% of the test group, and most recently in 2015, it was 40%.
The Top Nine Developments that Defined the Struggle between Democracy and Plutocracy in 2015
“Just as democracy and peace are mutually reinforcing, perpetual war and perpetual corruption are mutually reinforcing. The concentrated power involved in conducting war corrupts; corruption undermines democracy, the surest way to peace.”
New App Aims to Level the Gender Wage Gap One Meal at a Time
EquiTable allows diners to pay their share of the bill based on gender and race.
‘Renters are struggling’: economists back tenant-led push for federal rent control
"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."