Health

While the Affordable Care Act does some good things, it will only marginally improve upon a fundamentally broken system.

In today's On the News segment: Unions are pressing the Obama administration to take a stand against the slave labor conditions in Bangladesh; Sen. Bernie Sanders said he's not …

The new farm bill will cut some $20 billion in food stamps over the next decade.

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People across the globe protested May 25 during the global day of action against Monsanto. More than 500 came to “the belly of the best” in Creve Coeur, Mo., …

As with everything else related to food and agricultural systems, change toward the local and the sustainable is underway.

Earlier this month, activists in the Pacific Northwest scored a victory over one of the world's most powerful industries.

An official ban on GM crops is still absent in most EU states, but regions have defined themselves as GMO-free.

A collapsed bridge in Seattle is one violent example of the city's many architectural failures.

Thanks to the giant transnational corporations that own them, mainstream media outlets tailor their programming to appease their corporate backers.