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Abstinence-Only Stupidity by Naina Dhingra, | August 14, 2006
This week in Toronto activists are fighting back against Bush administration AIDS policy. read more »The Academy Awards Of AIDS by Naina Dhingra, OurFuture.org | August 14, 2006
The world of HIV/AIDS—some call it a movement, some call it a turning point in global history and others simply call it a business. It is all of that and more, and this week these different viewpoints will collide as 25,000 people meet in Toronto for the 16th International AIDS Conference. Who are these people? read more »The Progressive Future Is Now by Matt Singer, | August 7, 2006
By moving on universal health care and minimun wage, states are showing that progressive goals are not impossible. read more »Universal Solutions by Bernie Horn, | August 2, 2006
The states can serve as labs for discovering the best path to health care for all. read more »Universal Health Care Within Reach by Russ Feingold, | August 2, 2006
States should be empowered to use flexibility and innovation to cover the uninsured. read more »Frisking Frist Over HCA by Alexandra Walker, OurFuture.org | July 26, 2006
Sen. Bill Frist may not have a direct financial stake in the record buyout announced earlier this week of HCA, the healthcare company founded by his family . But he does have a personal stake. read more »Push For Universal Care by Alexandra Walker, OurFuture.org | July 18, 2006
While the rest of the world was distracted by the powder keg in the Middle East, the Service Employees International Union's Andy Stern quietly fired an opening shot yesterday in the battle for universal health care. read more »Upward Mortality by Kai Wright, | July 17, 2006
Being middle class doesn't necessarily improve your health—if you're black. read more »Blaming Pregnant Women by Lynn Paltrow, | July 17, 2006
Claiming concern for fetal health, policies around the country are punishing pregnant women for their behavior. read more »Medicare's Hollow Heart by Britt Cass, | July 13, 2006
The infamous "doughnut hole" is coming—when millions will lose prescription drug coverage. read more »
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont over GMO Labelling, alternet.org | April 15, 2012
After reading Richard Eskow's article about Goldman Sachs getting a 'pat on the wrist' after committing offences that in the past could have shut them down I couldn't help but draw a link with this article about the influence Monsanto wields over the law more »
Report: Worldwide Opposition to Monsanto Growing, commondreams.org | April 5, 2012
(photo: Alexis Baden-Mayer / Millions Against Monsanto)La Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth International, and Combat Monsanto, the groups who issued more »New Study Finds Skyrocketing Increase in Autism, commondreams.org | March 30, 2012
A just released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that children diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) had a skyrocketing increase of 78% compared to results from a decade ago. more »The GM Debate The US Is Not Having, publicserviceeurope.com | November 13, 2011
The submission by successive US administrations and congress to the GM Lobby, illustrated by silence and suppression of arguments against GM proliferation, is gradually being mirrored in Europe. There is life in the old democracy dog yet, but for how much longer? The EU Commission is trying to dispense with the rule of law. Something the US administration did years ago. more »
Transgenic Cotton Harbours Hidden Dangers, ipsnews.net | October 24, 2011
A disturbing report from Mexico about the out of control spread of Geneticaly Modified species into the food chain. There will be no chances left soon to take a hold of this brewing biological disaster. more »
Health Care: Another One Bites The Dust, Huffington Post | October 15, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president's signature health overhaul law – a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency. more »Monsanto Herbicide: Why Is Damning Evidence ignored, alternet.org | May 14, 2011
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s GMO patents, globalresearch.ca | April 18, 2011
At last a challenge to the Monsanto madness, its been a long time coming.....
“A new invention to poison people … is not a patentable invention.” Lowell v. Lewis, 1817
more »Argentina's Roundup Human Tragedy, i-sis.org.uk | February 5, 2011
According to the US EPA, Monsanto's weedkiller Roundup is “relatively low in toxicity, and without carcinogenic or teratogenic effects.”.
In Argentina science has proven this wrong, and a tragedy has occurred. This is especially important because of the USDA's approval of GM Roundup Ready (RR) Alfalfa for unregulated introduction to the US food chain. more »
TARP expected to cost U.S. only $25 billion, CBO says, The Washington Post | November 30, 2010
The Troubled Assets Relief Program, which was widely reviled as a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street titans, is now expected to cost the federal government a mere $25 billion - the equivalent of less than six months of emergency jobless benefits. more »
