NAFTA’s Promise Still Unfulfilled in Mexico: NYTimes
In today’s World Business section, the NYTimes ran soft criticism over the failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement: In some cases, Nafta produced results that were exactly the opposite of...
View ArticleMexico City Suspends Activities in Preventative Measure Against Flu Epidemic
(post updated April 25th) México DF: The Secretary of Health, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, announced late last night that all schools in DF would be closed, Friday, April 24th, as a preventative...
View ArticleAct Now to Strengthen the Clean Energy Bill: Green For All
Green For All emailed this message this afternoon: This morning, Green For All and NRDC released a new report, “Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards...
View ArticlePeru’s Indigenous Win Victory Over Lands: CNN
Story reported here by CNN: LIMA, PERU: Peru’s Congress voted overwhelmingly to revoke two decrees that indigenous groups had said would result in the exploitation of their native lands for oil...
View ArticleThe White Supremacist in Us: Rinku Sen
Rinku Sen, Executive Director of Applied Research Center and Publisher of ColorLines, weighs in on the white supremacy that is “deeply embedded in our minds” and culture. Read the full story at the...
View ArticleIn This Twisted Hall of Mirrors
In my country, a person who dedicates his life to the grassroots achievement of social and environmental justice for oppressed people is labeled an “extremist”and “unfit for public office” by the very...
View ArticleFair Food Project Connects Farms, Farmworkers and Advocates to Food Justice
COMING FROM The California Institute for Rural Studies and Fair Food Project: “Fair Food: Field to Table”, a multimedia presentation that promotes a more socially just food system in the U.S. It was...
View ArticleA Balance Between the Factory and the Local Farm: NYTimes Business
Written by DAMON DARLIN, found in the Business section of the NYTimes, and published here. (…) How practical is local food sourcing in a nation that enjoys a diversity of food? From a practical...
View ArticleH.R. 4971: Greening Food Deserts Act Introduced to US Congress
On March 25th, US Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH9] introduced H.R. 4971: Greening Food Deserts Act to the House of Representatives. The legislation is documented by the federal government and can be accessed...
View ArticleTwo Approaches to Waste: NYTimes Graphic
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