“AquAdvantage” salmon, a genetically modified (GM) salmon altered to secrete growth hormone year round resulting in twice the size of a normal salmon, have tested positive for infectious salmon anemia (ISA) according to the Cohen Commission of Canada. ISA, a viral disease that causes severe anemia in fish, has been reported to have a devastating [...]

  While hosting the 2010 World Cup appeared to be a success for the South African nation, the ugly truth is starting to reveal itself.  A slew of economic and social issues are looming over the country and more trouble is brewing.  Rapidly worsening income inequality, economic calamities as debt payments come due, and a [...]

Less than an hour south of the Arizona border, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, on September 8, 2010 fighting broke out between striking miners, strikebreakers, and federal police at the Cananea copper mine. Three people were seriously injured in this latest round of aggression against the striking miners. Twenty-six people were arrested because [...]

The US Senate has again stalled the United States Government from awarding thousands of Black Farmers and Native Americans over 4.6 billion dollars that have been promised for over a decade. In this case the Republicans have repeatedly blocked democratic proposals for approving the budget to award these groups their fair share of overdue funds. [...]