Good gosh, what a gully!

By Robert A. Vella “Good gosh, what a gully!” – The Quaz, circa 1971 No, dad wasn’t referring to the Continue reading →

Updates on Kenya election

From:  Deadly Kenya protests as opposition alleges vote hacking NAIROBI, Kenya  — Kenya’s election took an ominous turn on Wednesday Continue reading →

Analysis | The dark side of Trump’s much-hyped China trade deal: It could literally make you sick

The first known shipment of cooked chicken from China reached the United States last week, following a much-touted trade deal Continue reading →

Kansas jury awards $218M to farmers in Syngenta GMO suit

A Kansas federal jury awarded nearly $218 million on Friday to farmers who sued Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its Continue reading →

Part III of BuzzFeed’s investigative Free Trade series, plus critique of President Obama’s TPP push

By Robert A. Vella Here’s an excerpt from the third installment of BuzzFeed‘s investigative series on free trade, titled “LET’S Continue reading →

First Evidence Surfaces of Foreign Money Pouring into U.S. Elections After Citizens United

Six years ago, President Obama warned the nation that foreign corporations could soon pour money into the U.S. election system Continue reading →

FCC selects Swedish firm to run sensitive national database routing phone calls

The vote by the five commissioners clears the way for Telcordia, owned by Ericcson and based in New Jersey, to Continue reading →

Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric rattles the campaign message of Clinton and unions

PHILADELPHIA — Three dozen union workers gathered outside city hall here on Thursday to rally against the global free-trade deals Continue reading →