| Sep 4, 2013 | Peace / SecurityAfter shutting down major highways and key trucking routes for nearly two weeks, two million farmers and workers brought the Colombian government to the negotiating table to reform trade policy. Didn’t know about that? Well, few in the United States are taking...
| Aug 21, 2013 | Economy / BusinessThe United States is negotiating a NAFTA-style trade deal that should be alarming to American consumers. The main reason it’s not getting much attention is that the mainstream media is largely ignoring it. This pact deserves more news coverage. It threatens to...
| Jul 2, 2013 | Environment / HealthBig Oil’s frackers are wrapping their shameless profiteering in our flag. In shale fields across the country, you’ll see fracking rigs festooned with Old Glory, and they even paint some of their rigs red, white, and blue. This ostentatious patriotic pose...
| Jan 23, 2013 | Economy / BusinessTidy rip-offs From free trade; For which we So dearly paid. The Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, being negotiated in secret even as we speak, has a lot to say about worker rights and environmental protections. This pact, which is shaping up between the...
