Financial Reform Bill Could Stabilize Commodities

| May 21, 2010 | Food / FarmingThe financial reform bill that has finally cleared the Senate would help stabilize commodities markets, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), an OtherWords partner. “The Senate bill helps make the market function like a market...

Kagan’s Opponents

| | Rights / DemocracyConservative criticism of Kagan’s nomination might be getting more ink, but plenty of people on the left don’t want Elena Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court either. For years, Republican presidents have reliably appointed strongly conservative justices,...

Filthy Factories Won’t Help Sick Kids

| May 19, 2010 | Environment / HealthConditions at the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Johnson & Johnson factory that produced now recalled children’s medicines including children’s Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl were apparently appalling. “This inspection report is pretty close to...
Monsanto Seed Delivery Angers Haitian Activists

Monsanto Seed Delivery Angers Haitian Activists

| May 18, 2010 | Food / FarmingSmall-scale Haitian farmers are furious about Monsanto’s efforts to “help” their country, Beverly Bell writes. The company is donating 475 tons of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, “some of them treated with highly toxic pesticides,”...