| Oct 18, 2010 | Food / FarmingSorry to scare you, but on Halloween much of the chocolate Americans will hand out to trick-or-treaters will be tainted by the labor of enslaved children. Hershey’s, Nestlé, and the other big chocolate companies know this. They promised nearly a decade ago to...
| Oct 11, 2010 | Economy / BusinessI had dinner the other night with one of those villains, a “faceless bureaucrat” working as a wildlife biologist for the Department of the Interior in northern Florida. A college friend of my wife, she had spent many years in research on endangered...
| Oct 4, 2010 | Environment / HealthBP is everywhere in the media vowing “We will make it right.” Pardon my skepticism, but BP has a long and dishonorable history of greenwashing, even prior to its Deepwater Horizon disaster. Remember BP’s highly touted rebirth a few years ago as...
| | Environment / HealthSome members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not appreciated by the public and that they’re really not paid enough. Well, not to worry, Congresspeople, for I have the perfect cure for your job grievances:...
| May 24, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyRights at work, Leave on the tide; Without a union At our side. There’s a well-established ritual in Washington governing workers’ rights. When Republicans are in charge, they pursue a scorched-earth policy. This includes placing anti-union activists in...
