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EPA Misses Key Deadlines for Analyzing Pesticides' Risks to People, Wildlife PORTLAND, Ore., December 30, 2015 — The Environmental Protection Agency missed its own deadlines for completing risk assessments in 2015 for atrazine, glyphosate and imidacloprid, three highly controversial, toxic and commonly used pesticides. The assessments are crucial to understanding the threats the pesticides pose to animals, people and the environment....
Posted: Thu, Dec 31, 2015 3:56pm PST
Interview with Jackie Sumell on Solitary Gardens Project (audio/mpeg 25.4MB) DJ Habi of WTUL News and Views interviews artist and prison reform advocate Jackie Sumell about her in-progress exhibition called The Solitary Gardens. Sumell discusses Herman Wallace, who sparked her interest in the abolition of solitary confinement, and who was the focus of one of her previous projects titled Herman's House. She explains the symbolism behind the project, as well as the medicinal and healing values it will have....
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 7:47am PST
Interview with Stephanie Hepburn on Human Trafficking (audio/mpeg 34.5MB) Stephanie Hepburn, independent journalist, author and founder of Good Cloth stopped in for an interview on WTUL News and Views 91.5 FM to discuss her research and work on Human Trafficking...
Posted: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 8:27am PST
Healing Old Wounded Knees The U.S. government could find 2 million dollars to subdue the last free living Lakota at Wounded Knee in 1890 and can find 4 billion dollars a year to kill 28 civilians for every terrorist blown up-but they cannot find the money to prevent suicides on the Pine Ridge Reservation....
Posted: Sun, Dec 6, 2015 2:15pm PST
Homeless Rights in Miami, FL: Pottinger Agreement FAQ 
In 1988, the Miami Chapter of the ACLU of Florida brought litigation challenging the treatment of homeless persons by the City of Miami and the police. After a decade of litigation involving two trials, two appeals, and nearly two years of mediation, the “Pottinger Agreement” put in place rules to protect the fundamental rights of homeless people in the City of Miami. The agreement has protected the constitutional rights of Miami’s homeless population for 15 years, but a lot of confusion and ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 4, 2015 10:13am PST
In Memory of Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit Quarterly Rick Cohen, who passionately and honestly critiqued the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors with pointed journalism and research, has died....
Posted: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 11:18pm PST
WTUL News and Views Speaks with Organizer Gahiji Barrow (audio/mpeg 75.3MB) WTUL News and Views speaks with our own Gahiji Barrow, community and non-profit organizer in New Orleans about his experiences working for racial justice and his new horizons moving forward....
Posted: Mon, Nov 30, 2015 5:04pm PST
David Sheen’s lecture “the Bullet, the Ballot, and the Boycott” (Part 2) (audio/mpeg 29.9MB) Part 2 from journalist David Sheen’s lecture “the Bullet, the Ballot, and the Boycott” at University of New Orleans on Tuesday, November 10, 2015....
Posted: Sun, Nov 29, 2015 5:49pm PST
Porter Ranch Area Residents Testify and Rally about SoCalGas Misconduct 
"Residents are upset that SoCalGas initially lied about the source of the leak, and then misled the public about the health risks to the community," said Alexandra Nagy of Food and Water Watch. "In addition to the investigation, in light of recent reports that the leak has resulted in staggering emissions of methane and carbon dioxide – two potent greenhouse gases – residents also recommend shutting down the aged Aliso Canyon Storage Facility."...
Posted: Mon, Nov 23, 2015 8:08pm PST
FDA Approves First Genetically Engineered Animal for Human Consumption Over the Objections WASHINGTON, DC (November 19, 2015) – Center for Food Safety today announced plans to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to block the agency’s approval for sale and consumption of the genetically engineered AquaAdvantage® salmon developed by AquaBounty. The suit will be filed in coordination with other colleague plaintiffs....
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 1:16am PST
FDA Approves Unlabeled GMO Salmon Despite Widespread Opposition from Scientists, Consumers Ignoring Calls for More Comprehensive Studies, FDA Fails to Protect Public...
Posted: Thu, Nov 19, 2015 3:11pm PST
Can a leopard change it's spots? Australia's schizophrenic climate change diplomacy 
It seems Ministers from 62 nations were won over by Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt's charm at Precop with applause being delivered to speeches from Ministers from both Australia and Canada. But was the applause deserved?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 11, 2015 3:24am PST
Reproductive Justice: Ethics in Human Services Part 1 of 2 with Deon Haywood (audio/mpeg 19.3MB) 21 min Reproductive Justice: Ethics in Human Services Part 1 of 2. Deon Haywood, Executive Director of Women With A Vision (WWAV), speaks at event organized by SWURF on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 at Tulane University....
Posted: Sun, Nov 8, 2015 10:48am PST
Was Anchoring Medical to Recreational in Ohio Bad for Patients? 
By now, everyone in the medical marijuana reform movement has seen the results in Ohio, where the commingled recreational and medical cannabis voter initiative (Issue 3) put forth by ResponsibleOhio was defeated at the polls by a nearly 2:1 margin....
Posted: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 7:14pm PST
Canada's Plan to Legalize - the political implications 
In 1967 Pierre Trudeau, who became Canada’s Prime Minister the following year, introduced legislation that would ultimately decriminalize homosexuality, noting in a famous quote that “the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.” Almost 50 years later his son, Justin Trudeau, appears poised to do the same thing for marijuana....
Posted: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 6:40pm PST
Kern County Residents Fast Against Plan to Fast Track Fracking 
"Valley communities are already overburdened by the environmental health impacts of oil and gas drilling," according to Juan Flores of the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment in a press release. "Residents expect the County to approve the ordinance and plan to fast to call attention to the County’s unwillingness to protect its people."
Photo of fasters in front of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, including Madeline Stano (left) and Juan Flores (center) from the Center on Race,...
Posted: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 6:10pm PST
Los Angeles Sued Over Racially Discriminatory Oil Drilling Permitting LOS ANGELES, November 6, 2015 — Youth groups and community organizations sued the city of Los Angeles today for allowing oil companies to drill hundreds of contaminating wells near homes without conducting mandatory environmental studies, and for exposing black and Latino residents to disproportionate health and safety risks by imposing less-protective rules in their neighborhoods....
Posted: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 4:22pm PST
ALDF Sues USDA to Label Foie Gras for What It Is—Diseased San Francisco. CA, November 5, 2015— The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the nation’s leading legal advocacy organization for animals, today filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its “undue delay” in responding to an ALDF petition to require the labeling of foie gras....
Posted: Fri, Nov 6, 2015 12:42am PST
TPP Text Reveals Broad New Powers to Attack Food Safety, Food Labeling Laws 11.5.15, WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Obama administration released the long-secret text of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that would weaken consumer protections, undermine U.S. food safety standards and prevent commonsense food labeling. The language included in the TPP is more aggressive than previous trade deals and provides broad new powers for other countries and foreign corporations to challenge U.S. food safety and food labeling measures....
Posted: Thu, Nov 5, 2015 8:37pm PST
Nurses: Final TPP Text Even Worse Than Advertised 
Release of the full text of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade confirms nurses concerns about broad threats to public health and safety in the U.S. and other nations, National Nurses United said today. Photo: Led by Senator Bernie Sanders,more than 1,000 protesters march from the AFL-CIO headquarters to the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Potesters rallied to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)....
Posted: Thu, Nov 5, 2015 1:32pm PST
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