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Monsanto Wins Patent Battle With DuPont to Seize Full Rights of GM Seed Patents
Apparently discontent with billions in annual sales, Monsanto has been trying for the past four years to extract billions more from rival DuPont for alleged patent infringements involving its …
“ALEC Who?” ALEC Has an Identity Crisis
The corporate bill mill hired the world's largest PR firm and has been struggling to repair its image in the past year.
NPR Attacks Disability, Bolsters ‘New Consensus’ Against Welfare
Any success in maintaining disability benefits will require a movement of poor people focused on keeping them.
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Small Farms Fight Back: Food and Community Self-Governance
In addition to efforts at the local level, farmers and activists are attempting to tackle the governmentu2019s one-size-fits-all approach to food safety at the federal level.
Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy
There's a growing movement, led by survivors of ex-gay therapy, to disprove and ban these harmful practices for good.
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Look Out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
The book “Harvesting Justice” isn't just a look at the world's most exciting food justice groups - it's also a knockout organizing tool. Chewing on a mouthful of locally …
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Public Schools, Private Agendas: Parent Revolution
New “Parent Revolution” out of California might have conservative ties that wish to attack teachers unions.
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Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
‘The Seed Underground’ is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
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Fracking Free Speech
The gagged townspeople of Sanford, New York are suing their town board over the infringement of their First Amendment rights.
Experts Challenge Findings in Florida’s Statewide Task Force Report on Prescription Drugs Abuse and Newborns
Today, four leading experts in law, medicine, and addiction treatment, Robert G. Newman, MD, MPH, Lynn M. Paltrow, JD, Sharon Stancliff, MD, FAAFP and Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG, …