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Documents Show FDA Failed to Consult Wildlife Officials About Genetically Modified Salmon
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may have violated the Endangered Species Act when it failed to involve other federal agencies in an upcoming decision that could legalize genetically …

News in Brief: Republican National Committee Members Wage Quiet War to Topple Steele, and More
Republican National Committee Members Wage Quiet War to Topple Steele

Once Again, a Great Career in Harlem Must Come to a Close
Congressman Charles Rangel (D-New York), formerly one of the most influential members of the House, has been convicted of 11 of 12 ethics charges (he was originally charged with …

STOP: Another 100 Years of Fossil-Digging in North America?
Soon I will tell you about five Godzilla–scale fossil–digging projects in North America that if approved will set us on a course to repeat our past with grave implications …

Center for Reproductive Rights Takes FDA Back to Court Over Morning-After Pill
Says Obama FDA is Still Ignoring Science and Playing Games with Women's Health Like Bush FDA

Robert Scheer | The Man Who Shattered Our Economy
Rejoice, the housing market is back. Sandy Weill just picked up a humdinger of a wine vineyard estate in Sonoma, Calif., for a record $31 million, so the foreclosure …

Jim Hightower | Corporate Flimflammers in Our Communities and Congress
The signature phrase of America's booming good food movement has been expanded from “organic” to “local and sustainable.” Good! The phrase suggests great quality, strong environmental stewardship and a …

Ruth Marcus | Stewardship by Illusion
Washington - It was, or so I thought, a dandy column idea: an imaginary, missing chapter of George W. Bush's “Decision Points,” in which the former president would admit …

Kandahar: The Latest Casualty of an Invisible War
Not only is it unclear that the U.S. and NATO are winning their war in Afghanistan, the lack of support for their effort by the Afghanistan president himself has …

The Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign: Building a Movement From the Ground Up
Long before the recent revelations of widespread foreclosure fraud, a group of community organizers in Chicago was taking on one of the nation's most pressing issues from the grassroots …