Fish Off Laguna Beach May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima

A shocking discovery of radiation linked to Japan’s failed Fukashima’s nuclear reactor off the California coast. Kelp normally contains a radioactive isotope of iodine 131 and has a half life of 8 days and it is not harmful. The concern arose on a scientists hunch to test samples before and after and discovered the potentially [...]

Human blood protein placed in GMO rice

Researchers have been working to create GMO rice that contains human blood protein chemically identical to human serum albumin, the most abundant protein found in human blood plasma.  At Wuhan University, National Research Council of Canada and the Center for Functional Genomics at the University at Albany, colleagues inserted the gene encoding HSA into their [...]

Education “Reform” a Trojan Horse for Privatization

In January 2012, Fairtest, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, reported that a decade of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policies had actually slowed the rate of education progress.  The report, “NCLB’s Lost Decade for Education Progress,” concluded that the law had “failed badly both in terms of its own goals and more [...]

Occupy World Street: A Call to Action for the ’99 Per Cent’

In 2011-2012, the occupy movement reminded us how ordinary citizens the world over have long paid the price for the corporate and political elites’ swashbuckling behavior. We’ve seen the reigning establishment widen the gap between rich and poor, champion endless growth on a finite planet, wreak havoc on developing nations, and ravage ecosystems in a [...]

Drones are Big Business

The annual global drone market is expected to double from $5.9 billion to nearly $11.3 billion by 2020, with the U.S. accounting for three quarters of the research, development and procurement markets. The Obama’s administration’s enthusiasm for drone attacks and surveillance has helped consolidate the Pentagon’s commitment to drone warfare overseas.  Lobbyists on behalf of [...]