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Kagan’s Opponents
Conservative 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.
Filthy Factories Won’t Help Sick Kids
Conditions 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.
Monsanto Seed Delivery Angers Haitian Activists
Small-scale Haitian farmers are furious about Monsanto’s efforts to “help” their country, Beverly Bell writes.
Racial Wealth Divide now a Vast Gulf
This is Your Brain on Pesticides
Trillion-Dollar War Tab
The National Priorities Project’s Cost of War counter, which measures the flow of money Congress appropriates for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, will reach the $1 trillion mark on May 30, the organization predicts
Times Square Bomber Popped a Bubble
Bubbles are built on illusions. We believed that our high-tech companies and, after that, our houses would continue to rise in value and then…pop! We believed that we could continue offshore oil drilling without environmental consequences and then…pop! And we believed that the drone program in Pakistan, which expanded in 2009 and has killed hundreds of civilians, would not generate any blowback and then…Faisal Shahzad.
Constitution v. Corporations
With her impressive resume and intellectual ability, Solicitor General Elena Kagan is obviously qualified to be a Supreme Court judge. We’ll hear all about that as senators and journalists dig into the record of President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Justice John Paul Stevens.
Supremely Important: Genetically Engineered Crops
Fifteen years after farmers and agribusinesses began planting genetically engineered crops in our nation’s fields, we still know very little about their long-term environmental, economic, and social consequences.
We’ve Been Slicked by Big Oil
Suddenly, we’re relearning the painful lesson that when technological solutions combine with corporate promises, we often get a toxic mix.
