Yearly Archives: 2016
The Rise of the Food eVangelist
Highly opinionated consumers account for a growing percentage of the global market.
3 ‘Knitting Nannas’ Arrested Protesting 850 Proposed Gas Wells
Three women from Knitting Nannas Against Gas, an anti-coal seam gas group, have been arrested after locking themselves by their necks to the gates of a...
Detroit Teachers Use Twitter To Raise Awareness of the Conditions of Their Schools
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‘Ludicrous’ as Flint Tells Residents: Pay for Poisoned Water or We’ll Cut You Off
'All arreas should be cleared. No one should have to pay for this.'
Six Responses to Bernie Skeptics
Is Bernie Sanders too old? Would he beat Trump in a general election? Robert Reich discusses these issues and other concerns regarding Bernie Sanders for president.
Clinton And Sanders Call Out America’s Racist Criminal Justice System
"There needs to be a concerted effort to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system."
New York Values: What Tiny Ted Will Never Get About the Big Town
Only a rube thinks that New York is about money and media alone; it is much, much bigger than that.
The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene
How a woman whose muscles disappeared discovered she shared a disease with a muscle-bound Olympic medalist.
Demand for Non-GMO Products Hits the Seed Industry
While there is growing interest in Non-GMO Project verification among seed companies, there aren’t many incentives for companies to have their seed verified because the Non-GMO Project focuses more on food.
Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy
Expanding the base infrastructure in the Greater Middle East will only perpetuate a militarized foreign policy premised on assumptions about the efficacy of war that should have been discredited long ago.