Environmentalists and labor groups have joined forces to stop a new cancer-causing pesticide from being used in crops across California. The pesticide, commonly known as “MIDAS,” uses methyl iodide as its key ingredient. Methyl iodide is extremely great at killing bugs, but also at killing animals and humans — causing cancer and harm to the nervous system to those exposed to it for long periods of time: migrant farm workers and their families.
Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is also a media mogul in control of about 3/4 of Italian media, he owns TV stations, newspapers, magazines, and also a major soccer team. Berlusconi has the tools to control the message, and he has been exercising that power during all of his political career. The only possible comparison [...]
On October 1ST, the Senate Judiciary Committee began its debate on a version of a bill to extend the Patriot Act. It was a very troubling start falling far short of including much needed civil liberties and rights of privacy protections. The water-down version of the bill proposed by Senators Feinstein & Leahy is not [...]
Michael Moore speaks at Public Citizen on Wednesday and warns Democrats that do not support the public option in the health care bill that they will be removed from office.
The Democrats—wishing and hoping for a hero in the health scare debate—may have finally found their guy. Not that he’s perfect. But hey, who is? Freshman Florida Congressman Alan Grayson boldly and succinctly laid out the Republican plan for health care reform late Tuesday night. It’s his Wednesday follow-up that’s raising eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.
