Most people are aware of the problems associated with the color pink.If you walk down the aisles at Toys “R” Us you will find
Category: Consumer issues
Trying to look sympathetically at Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new
Consumer Reports says, “Buy organic.”
I am a strong believer in organic foods. And not only because I think they are better for you to eat. It is just
Health risks demand a moratorium on fracking
A rapidly growing body of research demonstrates that hydraulic fracturing poses dangers not only to the environment but to people’s health. Once contamination occurs
Microbeads: A not-so-tiny problem
In the well-lit aisles of your drugstore, millions of tiny and dangerous pollutants lurk in the cheerful packaging of your favorite exfoliating cleansers.
Vermont vs. the big bad wolf, aka Monsanto and friends
Have you heard the one about a fetching New England state and the big, bad wolf? Let me fill you in a bit. Last
ATM fees rip off $19 million from California’s public-assistance recipients
Big banks lifted more than $19 million out of the wallets of poor people in California in 2012, by charging them unnecessarily high fees
Robert Reich: The war on the poor and working class, in 2 min., 15 sec.
This is the best summary of the not-so-hidden agenda of the corporate class to weaken the tiny bit of power the working class still
CVS stops selling cigarettes: A look at some unintended consequences
Like most of the other 81% of American adults who don’t smoke, I was delighted to hear that CVS Pharmacy was taking the bold
Dear Congresswoman Wagner: Disinformation about Obamacare can’t hide the facts
Rep. Ann Wagner’s (R-MO) hopping mad — or, more likely, hopping around — trying to get off the liar’s hot seat (remember the refrain “liar,