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Local haterade: Authors say locavores do more harm than good
Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu say they know what’s wrong with the food system: local food purists. In their new book, The Locavore’s Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-Mile Diet...
Dropped by Dish, AMC Reaches Deal With AT&T
Just in time for the premiere of Breaking Bad's final season, AMC Network and AT&T announced a new deal that will keep the network on AT&T's lineup...
George and Laura Bush open clinic in Africa
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush are spending this week in...
How the Soy Industry Is Making Factory Fish Farming Even Worse
In 2010, the CEO of the American Soy Association reported that the...
Apple shells out $60 million settlement for iPad trademark in China
Apple has agreed to pay $60 million to China-based Proview over the...
How America’s Schools Became the Battleground Between Church and State
THE PROBLEM OF the place of religion in the American public...
How Big Ag Erodes the Farm Bill’s Environmental Protections
If you had to name the federal government’s biggest investment in the environment, would you pick the EPA...
Sony Computer Entertainment buys Gaikai for $380 million
Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that it has acquired the prominent interactive cloud-based gaming company, Gaikai, for approximately $380 million...
Class, Not Race, Is What Divides America Today
Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community...
31 Female Victims and Counting in Air Force Sexual Assault Scandal
In what's probably the worst sex assault scandal in the U.S. military...