Consumer Choice: As American as Apple Pie
The creation of a new genetically modified apple highlights once again the need for clear labeling of this kind of food.
America’s Own Loose Nukes
The government can’t simply bury its uranium-233 problem.
Cigarettes: The Killer that Won’t Die
Taxes trump cancer every time.
Turning College Students into a Commodity
After graduation, students’ incomes would be “attached” by financiers.
One Nation, Under the Gun
Why do so many Americans believe that to properly protect ourselves today, we need guns?
The War on Soda Pop
We’re famous for embracing the freedom to do the wrong thing, as often as we please.
Supersized Liberty
Give me your diabetic, your obese, your uninsured masses.
A Radioactive Conflict of Interest
Having the Energy Department manage radiation health research makes as much sense as giving tobacco companies the authority to see if smoking is bad for you.
Making the World Safer for the Next Bernie Madoff
Lawmakers are pushing a bill that would hand the oversight of investment advisers to an organization with an inherent conflict of interest.
Clearing the Air
Many health care organizations have joined environmental advocates like the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council in supporting a new EPA rule that would curb the deadly pollution spewed from the next generation of coal-fired power plants.
These Steaks May Stick to Your Ribs
While meat glue is widely used, corporations peddling molded meat aren’t eager to let us consumers in on their little secret.
Not Only the Cows Are Mad
Our government must stop relying on an inadequate testing system and outlaw the feeding of cow blood, fat, and protein to cattle.
Lobby Responsibly
Anheuser-Busch and other big brewers blocked a Nebraska bill that would have curbed sales targeted at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Wall Street’s Speed Freaks
The high-frequency trading that dominates the stock market could trigger another global financial crisis.
High-Speed Collusion
Verizon wants to ink cartel-like deals with a cabal of cable companies — its former competitors — to resell each other’s products.