Is New York Drenched in Monsanto’s Roundup?
Despite piles of research suggesting that Roundup is dangerous, the Big Apple douses its parks with the stuff.
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Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man
In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?
A Ghost Town Counting Its Dead
One of the first journalists to enter the Syrian town of Daraya after the slaughter finds a desperate search for lost relatives.
Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash
The GOP veep candidate loves to rail against Obamacare. But in December 2010, he requested grant money for a health clinic in his Wisconsin district — a grant funded by Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Ivory Coast: Victor’s Justice
In 2011, post-election violence in Ivory Coast left some 3,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. But the ICC has prosecuted only one side of the bloodshed, giving the victors de facto immunity.
How Big Business Is Buying the Election
Never mind the Super PACs, post-Citizens United, it’s trade associations that are shoveling corporate cash into the November elections — and helping foreign money influence American politics.
Backyard Battlefields
The rolling hills, forests, and rural communities of Northern Arkansas share this misfortune: they sit atop the Fayetteville Shale, one of the country’s largest natural gas reserves. Welcome to the bloody business of fracking.
Bolivia Battles a Highway
Indigenous groups in Bolivia are resisting a Brazilian-led highway project that would slice through a national park—risking vast environmental damage.
Gun Politics
The NRA’s pro-gun competitors; the rise of concealed carry; and disturbing gun violence in the birthplace of the gun industry are the subjects of these sidebars to “How the Gun Industry Got Rich.”
Are New York City Gun Laws the Next to Fall?
New York City is one of the last places left in America with a rigorous process for handgun permits. And that puts it in the NRA’s crosshairs. (A sidebar to “How the Gun Industry Got Rich.”)
