More Poisonous than Glyphosate….

Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini has now found that other, supposedly “inert,” ingredients associated with Roundup are even more dangerous than its primary toxin. Action Alert! For many months, we at ANH-USA have been telling you about the wide spectrum of negative health effects that are linked to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. Last year, the World Health Organization finally declared glyphosate a “probable carcinogen.” …

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Thomas Frank – The Blue State Model

How the Democrats Created a “Liberalism of the Rich” When you press Democrats on their uninspiring deeds — their lousy free trade deals, for example, or their flaccid response to Wall Street misbehavior — when you press them on any of these things, they automatically reply that this is the best anyone could have done. After all, they had to …

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Mary O’Hara – Up to half of people killed by US police are disabled

Not only are the total numbers of police-involved deaths in the US appalling – 1,134 in 2015 alone – the final tally for the year highlighted once again the shockingly disproportionate number of African Americans affected, as was exposed by a Guardian investigation, The Counted. Young black men aged between 15 and 34 accounted for 15% of all deaths logged (five …

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Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low

For the second year in succession, scientists report that the extent of the sea ice in the Arctic region has continued to shrink dramatically to record winter levels. LONDON, 30 March, 2016 – Researchers in the US say that Arctic sea ice has reached a record low winter maximum for the second year running. Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and …

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PIERRE BRIANÇON – Long goodbye of the European Left

The European Left often looks divided into two camps: One loses elections, the other doesn’t seem interested in winning them. After eight years of economic crisis, austerity policies and, more recently, European angst about refugees and immigrants, traditional leftist parties, which dominated Europe 15 years ago, can’t seem to capitalize on conservative governments’ woes or electoral setbacks. You only had …

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Kira M. Newman – Why Does Happiness Inequality Matter?

According to the World Happiness Report 2016 Update, happiness inequality is on the rise. What is happiness inequality? It’s the psychological parallel to income inequality: how much individuals in a society differ in their self-reported happiness levels—or subjective well-being, as happiness is sometimes called by researchers. Since 2012, the World Happiness Report has championed the idea that happiness is a better …

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Michelle Gilman – How the Supreme Court Made Inequality a Whole Lot Worse

Economic inequality is now firmly on the public agenda as candidates and voters alike look for someone to blame for stagnant wages, entrenched poverty and a widening gap between rich and poor. Bernie Sanders blames Wall Street. Donald Trump points his finger at companies moving overseas. Hillary Clinton identifies middle-class families who are working harder but staying in place as the root cause. While all …

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Gareth Porter – How Putin’s leverage shaped the Syrian ceasefire

When Russian President Vladimir Putin had a substantive meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last week, it was an extremely rare departure from normal protocol.  There was some political logic to the meeting, however, because Putin and Kerry have clearly been the primary drivers of their respective governments’ policies toward Syria, and their negotiations have already led to …