By John Vidal, Guardian UK
GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs. Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues.
Genetic engineering has failed to increase the … Read more »
By George Lakoff, Reader Supported News
I was asked weeks ago by some in the Occupy Wall Street movement to make suggestions for how to frame the movement. I have hesitated so far, because I think the movement should be … Read more »
Elisabeth Rosenthal. The New York Times.
IN 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, warned about man-made global warming and supported legislation to curb emissions. After he was elected, President Obama promised “a … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
Reading the transcript of Tuesday’s Republican debate on the economy is, for anyone who has actually been following economic events these past few years, like falling down a rabbit hole. Suddenly, you find … Read more »
by Hendrik Hertzberg – The New Yorker.
Everything else is made in China, so why not pithy aperçus about Occupy Wall Street? “A revolution is not a dinner party.” Or was it a Tea Party that the murderous Communist Mao … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s blog
The president’s jobs bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress – and the occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t become a national movement for a more equitable society – unless more Americans know … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America’s direction. Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and … Read more »
By Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress
The Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City more than three weeks ago have now spread across the country. The choice of Wall Street as the focal point for the protests — as … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times.
Doctors used to believe that by draining a patient’s blood they could purge the evil “humors” that were thought to cause disease. In reality, of course, all their bloodletting did was make the … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Guardian UK
The Reverend Al Sharpton and various labor unions announced Wednesday a March for Jobs. But I’m afraid we’ll need more than marches to get jobs back.
Since the start of the Great Recession at the … Read more »
