Yearly Archives: 2016
An Exceptional Nation? French Foreign Policy and the 21st Century Scramble for Africa
There seems to be no amount of human suffering and destruction that can’t be excused when undertaken by western countries who are always deemed to have good intentions, while those opposed to them are tarred as savages at best and pure evil at worst.
New FDA Import Ban Means GMO Salmon Won’t Be Sold in U.S. Anytime Soon
AquaBounty’s product likely won’t be available to consumers until a federal labeling standard is established.
NYPD Triples the Strength of Their Pepper Spray Because the Old Stuff Didn’t Hurt...
Just what the NYPD needs, a better way to inflict suffering.
The Iowa Caucus Is Today: Here Are the Shocking Differences in Rally Turnout Over...
Rally turnout for Bernie Sanders over the weekend knocked Clinton's out of the park.
Homelessness Soaring in the UK As People Can No Longer Afford To Pay Rent
One in five renters in Britain could not afford to pay January’s rent out of their normal salary and were forced to resort to credit cards, loans, overdrafts, pay day loans and borrowing from friends and family in order to pay housing costs.
Our Jobs Are Disappearing
We can't wait around for a 19th-century recovery. We need a new paradigm. We need guaranteed jobs.
The Republican Trumpless Debate
Fox News hosted its Republican debate last week without Donald Trump. So how did it go?
Ted Cruz Promises To Create The Most Right-Wing Supreme Court In History
"I will be willing to spend whatever political capital is necessary ... I give you my word."
The Post’s Wrong-headed Attack on Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan
The Post attacks Sanders for failing to have a “plausible” plan for plugging looming deficits as the American population ages.
Seattle Sues Monsanto Over PCB Contamination, Becomes 6th City to Do So
Monsanto has faced a spate of PCB contamination lawsuits over the decades and several this year alone. Seattle is likely seeking millions of dollars from Monsanto to pay for the cleanup.