The militarization of the U.S. police forces, subsidized by cheap military hand-me-downs and further enabled by the preferential hiring of ex-soldiers, is one of several drivers that have led many in the population to lose trust in the police as an institution designed to
Palm oil has become an almost ubiquitous replacement for everything else, it is showcased as a healthier alternative to trans and more saturated fats and as a replacement to ethanol as biofuel. What we don’t see in this simple equation is the environmental cost, and I’m
This week was a busy week in the news, but if you weren’t paying close attention you could have easily missed some of the most important stories. It might sound surprising, but an attempt to ban WhatsApp and all other forms of end-to-end encrypted
On the heels of a U.N. report which exposed almost no global industry as being profitable when environmental costs are recognized comes a newer report for the IMF, which focuses on fossil fuels. The report calculated that fossil fuel industries (coal, gas, and oil) are
In Canada and beyond, native (first nation) peoples have high rates of suicide, child abuse, alcohol, drug abuse (including solvents and gasoline), and incarceration. They have lower than average per capita income, high rates of reliance on social assistance and school abandonment. Hundreds of
When government is completely dysfunctional and seems not to serve the people’s interests, we have to wonder where our tax dollars are going. Thanks to a Reuters investigation by Scot Paltrow, we have an answer—or, rather, a non-answer. Apparently, the Pentagon has made use
In a matter of weeks, the World Bank could decide whether the tiny Central American nation of El Salvador will have to dish out millions of dollars to mining giant OceanaGold for rejecting its proposed gold mine. The $301 million lawsuit has been underway
The EU has made moves to regulate hormone-analogous chemicals which can lead to cancer and male infertility, but they may be shelved following pressure from US trade officials over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade deal. A draft of the EU criteria showed
Federal officials say they are investigating reports that food company Nestle has been piping water through a national forest in California and then bottling it for retail purposes using a permit that expired nearly 30 years ago. The United States Forest Service confirmed on
If you look at the uninformed narrative, it would seem that countries like Ethiopia are just giant deserts where people are bound to starve and die of thirst. When we talk about food, we frequently talk about how much is produced, and forget to
