The defeat of the ag-gag bills in every state where agribusiness had them introduced was a major victory in 2013. Even if you don't care about animal rights, where animals are abused, usually so are workers. Many of these big agribusiness operations have long sought...
Author: Erik Loomis
While I am concerned about Scott Walker being one Republican who can actually win the lunatic Republican primary and win the general election, he's going to have to run against.
Pretty depressing write up unless you believe the fast food and Wal-Mart campaigns are going to add up to something concrete, a point which I think is maybe for fast.
This is a very strong piece of journalism detailing how the United States government contributes to the exploitation of apparel workers around the world. The problem is multifaceted. Some of it stems from constant pressure from a Congress that doesn't care about safe or dignified...
I was unaware that K-25, the building at Oak Ridge that separated uranium-235 from uranium-238 during the Manhattan Project, is nearly demolished to make way for a new industrial park..
On December 24, 1969, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood wrote a letter to Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn protesting a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies and asking to.
If you are struggling with some last minute shopping ideas, why not give your loved ones what Santa really wants for himself?
Good news that the European retailers contracting for clothing at the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh that collapsed in April and killed 1100 workers have agreed to pay $40 million.
Georges Méliès, The Christmas Dream, from 1900.
Today, dolphins: So far this year, nearly 1,000 bottlenose dolphins — eight times the historical average — have washed up dead along the Eastern Seaboard from New York to Florida, a vast majority of them victims of morbillivirus. Many more are expected to die from...
More short reviews on my pointless film blog. Reviewed since my last update: The Dallas Buyers Club, Vallee, 2013 (OK, but cliche on cliche) To the Wonder, Malick, 2012 (OMG.
International Teamster, 1949