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Study: Roundup Has Ramped Up the Danger

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2024 After promising to remove glyphosate from its popular herbicide, Bayer has instead made its lawn products vastly more toxic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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La Guerra del Maíz Entre Estados Unidos y México

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Jun 13, 2024 Una disputa comercial entre Ciudad de México y Washington pone de relieve la soberanía alimentaria, los transgénicos, un herbicida controvertido, la salud pública y el futuro de la famosa tortilla mexicana. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

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The U.S.-Mexico Tortilla War

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Jun 5, 2024 A trade dispute puts a spotlight on food sovereignty, GMOs, a controversial weedkiller, public health, and the fate of Mexico’s iconic flatbread. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg Are Not to Be Trusted

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jan 2, 2020 Despite the decades that separate them, both moderates have shown a similar alacrity for evading difficult questions with foggy rhetoric. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Best Truthdig Arts & Culture Stories of 2019

Truthdig Dec 26, 2019 Highlights include a unique take on "Joker," a powerful review of the 58th Venice Biennale and a probing interview with Errol Morris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Most Horrifying Look at Monsanto Yet

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 22, 2019 Samanta Schweblin has terrified readers across the globe precisely because she tells familiar stories we should all dread. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Food & Water Watch: Carbon Tax Is a Sham

Lee Camp / Truthdig Feb 8, 2019 A legal expert who's made it his business to take on corporatism warns against market-based solutions to environmental problems. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Scientists Say Monsanto Weed Killer Contributes to Honeybee Deaths

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Sep 25, 2018 The widely used herbicide Roundup, which some reports have linked to causing cancer, is also a major factor in the bees’ decline, a study says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Sinister Subtext of the Capitalist Manifesto

Paul Buchheit / Common Dreams Sep 19, 2018 Published in 1958, the text offers a blueprint of sorts for industrialists and corporations to punish the poor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jury Backs Man Who Says Roundup Herbicide Caused Cancer

PAUL ELIAS / The Associated Press Aug 10, 2018 The San Francisco panel orders agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper, saying the company's popular weed killer contributed to his disease. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sugar for Wall Street Daddies, Austerity for the Rest of Us

Teodrose Fikre / Truthdig May 21, 2018 Look at the latest farm bill winding its way through Congress. America has been indentured by multinational corporations. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 3, 2018 The Trump administration should veto the chemical giants' pending merger to protect not just competitors but human and environmental health. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )