Pending approval of the GE Seeds, Dow prepares to roll out seed-herbicide combination package, spelling ‘catastrophe’ for farms and farmers
Pending approval of the GE Seeds, Dow prepares to roll out seed-herbicide combination package, spelling ‘catastrophe’ for farms and farmers
Temp agencies consistently rank among the worst large industries for the rate of wage and hour violations
Promoter of ‘stand your ground’ laws takes aim at towns across the country
Fifteen towns approve resolution that would establish bank that works for Vermont, not Wall Street
Public speech enhances democracy, its downside is longer meetings, keeping county employees away from their jobs. Some suggest moving comments to the end of meetings. The downside of this is that the BOC would make some decisions before citizens could comment.
What consenting adults do on their own time is their business but when it crosses over into the workplace, especially when that workplace is Coquille City Hall, it may be problematic. More than that it may indicate a systemic carelessness and disregard on the part of the city’s supervisory staff, including the police chief, Scott Sanders.
…a March 22 report from Oregon’s Secretary of State, Oregon ranked sixth in the nation in the number of violent, extremist attacks from 2011 to 2020 despite ranking only 27th in population.
Published on Friday, August 07, 2015 by Common Dreams by Nadia Prupis, staff writer Workers with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spilled roughly one million gallons of mine waste into a Colorado creek on Wednesday, turning the nearby Animas River bright...
Published on Friday, August 07, 2015 by Common Dreams by Nadia Prupis, staff writer Royal Dutch Shell on Friday announced that it would not renew its partnership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), citing the corporate lobbying organization's...
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed from Center for Media and Democracy on Vimeo. This film, produced by the Center for Media and Democracy, debunks the claims of proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline regarding jobs, energy security, gas prices, safety, and climate change....
Published on Thursday, November 20, 2014 by Common Dreams by Common Dreams staff President Obama delivered a televised address from the White House on Thursday night in which explained his plans to take a series of executive actions on immigration policy, including...
What are you doing the evening of October 9?
Madison Police officers do the right thing
…fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of both the nation and the single, powerful leader over the individual citizen. This model of government stands in contrast to liberal democracies, which support individual rights, competitive elections, and political dissent.
Reuters News fact checked the widespread furry rumors and concluded there is “No evidence that US School children are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms.”