News | Environment & Health Is the Government Harassing and Censoring Scientists for Studying Ties Between Pesticides and Bee Deaths? Federal scientists have reported harassment when their work conflicts with agribusiness interests. By Reynard Loki , AlterNet May 10, 2015 Truthout
News | Suppressed at Home, Neglected Abroad: Ethiopian Migrants The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens from harm, at home and abroad - no matter who they are, or where they are. By Graham Peebles , CounterPunch May 9, 2015 Truthout
News | Getting Past Scientized Scrutiny Too often, reporting on food and agriculture treats science as a singular source of truth. By Alastair Iles & Maywa Montenegro de Wit , EarthIslandJournal May 9, 2015 Truthout
News | The Blue Amazon, Brazil’s New Natural Resources Frontier The Atlantic ocean is Brazil's last frontier to the east. By Fabiola Ortiz , InterPressService May 9, 2015 Truthout
News | Higher Education Lobby Quietly Joins For-Profit Schools to Roll Back Tighter Rules Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry. By Alec MacGillis , ProPublica May 9, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans Texas Republicans approved a bill blocking Denton's fracking ban and gutting cities' ability to regulate the industry. By Candice Bernd , Truthout May 8, 2015 Truthout
News | Rising Trade Deficit Slows Job Growth in Manufacturing The Labor Department reported the economy created 223,000 jobs in April. By Dean Baker , CenterforEconomicandPolicyResearch May 8, 2015 Truthout
News | Campaign Against Glyphosate Steps Up in Latin America After the World Health Organisation declared glyphosate a probable carcinogen, the campaign has intensified in Latin America to ban the herbicide. By Fabiana Frayssinet , InterPressService May 8, 2015 Truthout
News | #BlackLivesMatter – Alicia Garza on the Hashtag That Became a Civil Rights Movement #BlackLivesMatter began before Ferguson. By Liz Pleasant , YES!Magazine May 7, 2015 Truthout
News | Chicago Passes Ordinance Granting Reparations to Police Torture Survivors A UN committee called on the US government to bring the perpetrators in the Burge case to justice. By Adeshina Emmanuel , TheChicagoReporter May 7, 2015 Truthout