Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: Brazil

U.S. bans Brazilian beef imports

The United States Department of Agriculture suspended fresh beef imports from Brazil until the country “takes corrective action” to address “public health concerns, sanitary conditions, and animal health issues” in its cattle supply chain.

Brazil becomes the newest country to refuse GMO imports from the...

As of 2015 there were 38 countries that had banned GM crops.

An Open Letter to the People of Brazil

“In the struggle to make this world the place of peace, justice and environmental sustainability that it could be, the people of Brazil have been playing an inspirational role.”

In Post-Olympics Brazil, A Political Coup Is No Game

Brazil is a remarkable country, with more than 200 million people, a vibrant culture, a huge economy and, with the majority of the threatened Amazon rainforest within its borders, a vital role to play in the fight to limit human-induced climate change.

Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Reminds World That Climate Change is Very...

The Opening Ceremony at the Rio 2016 Olympics Games centered on climate change and its effects.

10 Ways to Wage Wars

“George Orwell warned us that the war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Americans need to aggressively question their politicians and the media, ignore empty slogans, challenge warmongering propaganda, and swiftly reject disinformation from the corporate media.”

The “Car Wash” Coup

The claims of corruption surrounding Dilma Rousseff are pretty rich considering who’s doing the accusing, which includes her own Vice President Michel Temer.

Brazilian Politics, Players, Panama and Perpetual Motion

The idea of removing a left-wing government with a growing public debt to GDP ratio is embraced by the upper, business and new middle class.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.