| Mar 26, 2010 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingMatt Holland with True Majority and USAction writes, “That morsel at the end of your fork isn’t just food. It’s the product of fossil fuels, industrialized agriculture and chemical herbicides–all of which are destroying our environment and...
| | UncategorizedPeter Hart at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) points out that Bill O’Reilly claimed that the New England Journal of Medicine denounced health-care reform. But…that wasn’t, you know, true. He cited some statistics about how supposedly...
| | UncategorizedWith the health-care fight finally behind him, it looks like Obama can now address other key issues. It’s time for social movements to call on him to take action. The Institute for Policy Studies is working on several policies, including carbon markets, a tax on...
| Mar 22, 2010 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Dutch government is the Afghanistan War’s latest casualty. When the Labor Party recently exited the Netherlands’ ruling coalition government to protest the extension of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan, the Taliban rejoiced. Perhaps you thought I meant...
| | Economy / BusinessIn this period of painfully partisan politics, it’s too easy for the focus to be on who won today, instead of the American people’s needs. We’re witnessing just that in two roiling debates–one over the proposed Consumer Financial Protection...
