Month April 2010

Looting Main Street

How the nation’s biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece Taibbi details the thuggery, outright bribery, and sleazy dealings whereby investment banks looted Jefferson County, Alabama. Lots of locals who joined…

New food safety bill could crush local food movement

Next week, the Senate will vote on a measure that could potentially extinguish California’s local food movement. Lobbied for by multinational agribusiness giants such as Cargill and Monsanto, as well as supported by the pharmaceutical industry, The Food Safety Modernization…