An experiment concluded that glyphosate-containing pesticides damage human DNA, but pure glyphosate does not. They attribute the damage to the presence of secret secondary ingredients.

A Monsanto scientist was aware of this as far back as 2002.

I conclude that all pesticide should be sold with full disclosure of chemicals included. If the manufacturers complain about not having trade secrets, the proper reply is "Tough! People's lives are at stake."

The EU is pushing to standardize the connectors on phone chargers. Apple is fighting this.

UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard is keeping the heat on Salafi Arabia's acting king.

*Most political unrest has one big root cause: soaring inequality.*

*The real issue of 'representation' isn’t that there aren’t enough powerful women. It’s that what is represented as feminism is actually corporatism.*

I've long had the feeling that focusing on how many women are executives of large companies is a distraction from the issues that affect the lives of millions of non-rich women for whom a steady 9-to-5 job would be a dream.