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The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it’s backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
The post Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup appeared first on The Intercept.
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how the long slow history of lead poisoning teaches us a salutary lesson
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has exposed the need for major reform of the US political and constitutional system
. Mycket sevärd — och gripande — film om den norska krigshjälten Gunnar Sønsteby.
Repeated promises to clean up the scandal of homes covered in highly dangerous flammable cladding are still not being met, warn MPs
Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.
The post Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year appeared first on The Intercept.
Following is an unedited, automated transcript of the podcast episode titled “Trump‘s Friday Night Massacre.”
Donald Trump’s tariff war is creating economic chaos—and political trouble for Anthony Albanese as he heads to the federal election.
The post Albanese’s grovelling fails—time to stand up to Trump first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Labor has held onto power by another overwhelming margin in WA, with the rump of Liberal MPs failing to make significant ground.
The post Another election landslide in WA as Labor backs mining profits first appeared on Solidarity Online.
University managements are launching a McCarthyist offensive against the Palestine solidarity movement, with a new antisemitism definition that threatens academic freedom and freedom of speech.
The post Resistance builds to antisemitism definition shutting down protest first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Up to 150 staff and students rallied at UTS on 12 March against plans for cuts to jobs and courses.
The post Fightback underway as hundreds of jobs face the axe at UTS and ANU first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The combination of the imminent High Court decision on the challenge to administration and the looming federal election means the Victorian Building Industry Group of unions delegates’ meeting on 26 March comes at a critical moment.
The post Turning point for CFMEU as High Court decision looms first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Albanese promised his government would create “real jobs” for Indigenous people. Its new program offers only 700 jobs this year.
The post Labor’s Indigenous jobs program: where are the jobs? first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Livefire exercises by two Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast led to howls of outrage across the mainstream media in February.
The post Warmongering panic over Chinese warships first appeared on Solidarity Online.
“Kennedy’s alarming prescription for bird flu on poultry farms. The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.”
— New York Times
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A deadly strain of bird flu has been detected in the United States of America. This, apparently, is our problem, even though no one told us we were in charge of birds. But now that we’re all caught up, we here at the Department of Health and Birds(?) want you to know that there is no reason to worry. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a plan—and we’re feeling really good about it. But just in case his first plan somehow fails (which seems unlikely, but you never know), he has also prepared some backup plans and some backups for the backups, which we are confident will be not only effective but extremely legal.
Plan A: Do Nothing and See What Happens
This plan is already in effect.
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A conversation with Society of Illustrators executive director Arabelle Liepold
The post Celebrating the Relationship Between Science and Illustration appeared first on Nautilus.
I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, Summer 2024/2025).
While it is great to open this sort of debate, it is crucial, first and foremost, to clarify what is being argued. My article in JAPE should not be characterised as making an argument for ‘green growth’ – which is a position I reject as being poorly formulated, overly rigid and lacking in qualification and nuance. The key arguments I put forward in the JAPE article were actually as follows:
participants in this debate need to be clearer, consistent and more precise in outlining their position and in the construction and use of concepts and terminology that they use to describe their position.
Economic growth is an aggregate measure that captures many diverse activities that range from environmentally helpful to harmful. The net environmental impact of economic is growth is inherently unstable and deeply dependent on a range of other variables. Given this, simplistic and fixed positions for (or against) economic growth are misconceived.
I keep reading about how if Europe increases military spending they’ll have to cut welfare spending.
Let’s look at a little history: back around 1960 West Germany spent 4% of GDP on their military. They were happy to do so. They also had a very generous welfare state. So did most of Western Europe and they were spending a lot on their militaries.
“But Ian,” you exclaim, “that’s not possible. If you have a warfare state, you can’t have a welfare state!”
Here’s the rule. Pick any two of the following three: