Lobbies give ultra-processed food corporates new avenues to influence food policy
New research illustrates the complex web of ultra-processed food (UPF) producers and influence groups, and their influence on food and health policy making worldwide
One year of baby formula shortage in the US
Families in the US are struggling with the effects of an infant formula shortage caused by over-reliance on commercial milk formula producers and absence of support for breastfeeding and human milk banks
The ever-ballooning US military budget
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains the recent Pentagon funding provision approved by the US House of Representatives and decodes the military-industrial complex
Is corporate lobbying influencing US positions at the WHO?
A new report shows that US corporations and their umbrella organizations are allocating increasing amounts of money for shaping delegates’ interventions at WHO, with potentially disastrous effects on health
Mexico’s Supreme Court ratifies order to halt cultivation of GMO corn and other stories
Today we look at a ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court upholding a ban on GMO corn, ongoing violence against protestors in Swaziland, and more
To find out if ExxonMobil really supports a carbon tax, just follow the money
Despite claiming to endorse a carbon tax, ExxonMobil has funneled millions of dollars to lawmakers who oppose the idea. The company’s PAC also funded 16 of the climate science deniers in the Senate and 81 in the House
Californian court passes injunction on gig workers’ law, after threats from Uber and Lyft
Uber and Lyft, have strongly opposed California’s AB5, that classifies gig workers as employees, instead of as contractors of the companies
Ontario premier continues assault on local governance in Toronto
Doug Ford’s government re-introduced a bill to reduce the number of wards in the city council from 47 to 25 despite a court order striking down an earlier version of the proposal
