Weed killer designed to save farms is devastating them

The dicamba system, approved for use for the first time this spring, was supposed to break the cycle and guarantee Continue reading →

Dow Chemical urges Trump administration to kill risk study

Dow Chemical is pushing a Trump administration that’s open to scrapping regulations to ignore the findings of federal scientists who Continue reading →

House sends bill to Trump blocking online privacy regulation

WASHINGTON — Congress has sent President Donald Trump legislation that would kill an online privacy regulation, a move that could Continue reading →

TPP is Not Dead: It’s Now Called the Trade In Services Agreement (TISA)

Think the ideas behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership or the so-called “free trade” regime are buried? Sadly, no. Definitely, no. Some Continue reading →

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

LONDON — The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to Continue reading →

AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal

Hemisphere is a secretive program run by AT&T that searches trillions of call records and analyzes cellular data to determine Continue reading →

The AT&T-Time Warner deal would be a disaster for the public interest

Apparently we’re supposed to sympathize with the giant conglomerates AT&T and Time Warner. They’re so beleaguered by changes in their core Continue reading →

A Lesson in Corporatism: Government collusion revealed in recent Airline Industry consolidation

By Robert A. Vella The dangers of corporatism (i.e. the close association between big business and government) have been discussed Continue reading →