TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Washington, D.C. — On April 19, The House Appropriations Committee approved its budget — at $21.3 billion in funding — for the fiscal year 2017. And in a report that accompanied the spending bill, the committee asked the FDA to extend Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption to certain “checkoff programs” that promote commodities in the agriculture Read More…
A since-deleted analysis posted the agency’s website shows it is relying on unpublished reports from groups linked to biochem industry The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used industry-funded research to conclude that the herbicide chemical glyphosate is not likely to cause cancer in humans—contradicting findings by the World Health Organization (WHO)—according to an analysis the Read More…
After such a long wait, the LulzBoat officially set sail once again to pirate the open data waters of the world’s internet servers; this time under the banner: #AntiGovernment. Hacker “Mw@0day” of LulzSec Global produced what should be considered one of the most interesting and relevant hacks of recent time, continuing to ante up to Read More…
Lobbying allows special interest groups to control the way laws are shaped and how healthcare policies are both created and enforced. Pharmaceutical companies are some of the richest, most profitable companies in the world. Besides using profits to advertise products and influence prescription-writing target markets, Pharma spends extraordinary amounts of money on patents to protect Read More…
If the corporate media wasn’t gushing over Justin Bieber’s new haircut or the nation’s lingering transphobia bathroom drama this weekend, it was lauding President Obama for his speech at the final White House Correspondents’ dinner of his presidency. The black-tie dinner draws the nation’s top celebrities, journalists, and politicians and includes a stand-up comedy routine Read More…
Confirming that the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) amounts to “a huge transfer of power from people to big business, “Greenpeace Netherlands on Monday leaked 248 secret pages of the controversial trade deal between the U.S. and EU, exposing how environmental regulations, climate protections, and consumer rights are being “bartered away behind closed doors.” Read More…