News
May 9, 2012
Thanks to factory farming's massive economies of scale, a lot of food today is disgusting or cruel or disgusting and cruel. Just when people stopped talking about cantaloupes with deadly listeria, "pink slime" hit the news. And just when people... Read more
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May 4, 2012
Again and again, we learn that war abroad will find a way home.
On 30 April 1970, Richard Nixon announced the US invasion of Cambodia, a sovereign nation the US had been secretly bombing for several months. Read more
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March 3, 2012
A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would expand existing anti-protest laws that make it a felony-a serious criminal offense punishable by a lengthy prison term-to "enter or remain in" an area... Read more
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July 8, 2011
A Michigan woman is being charged with a misdemeanor offense and is facing up to 93 days in jail. Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden-in her own yard. Her front yard, that is. Read more
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December 17, 2010
Whatever the unusual aspects of the case, the Obama administration's reported plan to indict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for conspiring with Army Pvt. Bradley Manning to obtain U.S. secrets strikes at the heart of investigative journalism on... Read more
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July 2, 2010
Opposition to new full-body imaging machines to screen passengers and the government's deployment of them at most major airports is growing. Read more
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July 7, 2010
Normally I would open this article by explaining this is the story the mainstream media won't dare report. Except in this case, they are reporting it. It's right on CNN, on the Anderson Cooper "360" report. Read more
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June 2, 2010
Interview with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary US Treasury, Associate Editor Wall Street Journal, Professor of Political Economy Center for Strategic and International Studies Georgetown University Washington DC. Read more
Press Release
May 1, 2010
The May 10 hearing on proposed regulatory changes that would outlaw raw milk buying clubs is just one week away. Response to an earlier alert has been strong. Many people have emailed, called and written to the Massachusetts Department of... Read more
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May 4, 2010
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is holding a hearing on Monday, May 10th to review a proposal that threatens Raw Milk Buying Clubs and the access to raw milk in Massachusetts. Read more