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Neil Young Teams Up With Willie Nelson’s Sons On An Anti-Monsanto Album

A jam session at Farm Aid led to the award-winning musician’s new concept album that follows the plight of the small American farmer.

MintPress News Desk
Par MintPress News Desk
Musician Neil Young speaks during a session at the International CES Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Las Vegas.

LA HONDA, California --- The latest album from a living rock legend puts musical pressure on Monsanto, the agribusiness giant accused of everything from corrupting global politics to causing cancer with its pesticides. Neil Young’s latest release is “The Monsanto Years,” a collaboration with Promise of the Real, a band that includes Willie

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MIT Researcher Warns Of Link Between Monsanto’s Glyphosate And Autism

A senior research scientist from MIT warns that glyphosate could disrupt bacteria in the gut, leading to mental health problems.

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A Sri Lankan agrochemical vendor gives instructions on how to use Glyphosate

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts --- The pesticide glyphosate has come under fire again. However, the concern this time around is not focused on the compound’s potential carcinogenic properties, but the possibility that it may contribute to autism. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup. It’s one Monsanto’s most important products because crops

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Radical Visions: Failed Jobs Training Programs Inspire A ‘Black Worker Center’ In DC

A failed jobs training program, paid for with taxpayer dollars, gives rise to a movement in D.C. that’s not just calling for accountability from those leading the program — they’re taking labor training and empowerment into their own hands.

Sean Nevins
Par Sean Nevins
ONE DC organizers assisting DC residents in applying for the Marriott Marquis Jobs Training Program

WASHINGTON --- A Washington, D.C., community organizing group held a press conference last week to call out the District government for a lack of transparency and enforcement mechanisms to protect workers and put the city’s residents, who are often victims of displacement and gentrification, to work. “We always hear this rhetoric about

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Wikileaks Revelas NSA Spying Bonanza On French Leaders

Documents revealed by WikiLeaks show the details extracted from phone conversations that allowed for « political, economic and diplomatic » advantage over supposed ally.

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally
French Presidents Francois Hollande (2012–present), Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012), and Jacques Chirac (1995–2007),

The U.S. National Security Agency has been conducting high-level digital and phone surveillance against top French government officials, including the nation's three most recent presidents, the media outlet WikiLeaks has revealed by publishing "top secret" intelligence reports that include targeting information and specific intercepts gathered over

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Oklahoma Sheriff Accused Of Corruption, Attempts To Dismiss Court-Ordered Jury Trial

The motion filed Wednesday asks a district judge to dismiss the 6,647 signatures gathered by the civil rights group, We The People Oklahoma.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
Stanley Glanz

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is asking a judge to toss a petition calling for a grand jury investigation into the agency, saying the petition is misleading and make no specific allegations against the office. The motion filed Wednesday asks a district judge to dismiss the 6,647 signatures gathered by the civil rights group,

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Saudi Arabia Punishes Extremists With Mandated Rehab, Complete With Saunas And Art Therapy

Saudi Arabia, famous for it’s record breaking amount of government sanctioned beheadings, is taking a different approach to extremists who murder abroad.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For most of his 20s, all Badr al-Enezi could think about was becoming a jihadi fighter. After getting in touch with former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who had returned to militancy, he began plotting how to take up arms. Instead, he was caught by Saudi authorities and spent six months in prison. His next six months in

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