GOP Farm Bill Set to Unleash Pesticide Use and Strip Animal Welfare Protections
Michael Arria for Truthout The “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” that is coming up for a House vote this spring is yet another GOP-led assault on the…
It’s Time To Get Rid of Big Agriculture
"Almost everything that's wrong with America comes from that policy. We've destroyed our health, our environment, our communities."
Private Equity Is Using Prison Phone, Food and Health Systems to Rack Up Profits
Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.
Cuba’s Worsening Food Crisis Means US Blockade Must End Now, Not Later
Cubans individually had consumed only 438 grams of animal protein per month in 2022, and in May 2023, only 347 grams; recommendations call for ingestion of 5 kg monthly. Not…
‘Will Literally Change Lives’: Massachusetts Legislature Approves Universal Free School Meals
"Congress must follow suit and make this a reality for every child who calls America home," said U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
What Are the Real Reasons for the Global South Food Crisis?
Don’t ignore the role of financial speculation
Just Because You Think You Are Tipping a Service Worker Doesn’t Mean You Are
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
Marion Nestle: Something’s Rotten in the Science of Food
The food expert joins Robert Scheer on "Scheer Intelligence" to discuss her book “Unsavory Truths” and its surprising revelations about how the science that influences what we eat is corrupted…
America Is Complicit in Yemen’s Spiral Toward Mass Starvation
The war in Yemen is an American war, and Americans have Yemeni blood on their hands.