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Showing videos filed under: corn
How Safe is Atrazine?
September 2, 2009The American News Project and The Huffington Post Investigative Fund on how a weed killer, Atrazine, is polluting our water. The second most widely used pesticide in the US, Atrazine is commonly found in groundwater. The corn and ethanol industries depend on it. But what are the risks? The entire EU has banned the use of Atrazine, produced by Syngenta in Switzerland, but in the United States it's still widely used.David Corn: What the Sotomayor Hearings Have Revealed
July 16, 2009David Corn, Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for Mother Jones, on the Sotomayor confirmation hearings and the Justice Department's position on the prosecution of Bush era crimes and the use of torture. Mother Jones and The Uptake have been streaming the confirmation hearings live and writing about them at their blog, on twitter, and everything in between.Goldman's Coup, David Corn on Sotomayor, and The Real Janet Napolitano
July 15, 2009“They frankly own the place,” Dick Durbin said back in April referring to the power that banks hold over policy decisions in Washington. After earning record profits in the last quarter the company is being lauded for taking risks. But are they risk takers or coup makers? Matt Taibbi, Mike Lux, and Robert Johnson on Goldman's profits. Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn on the Sotomayor hearings. And Jane Napolitano's Friday afternoon announcement that the Office of Homeland Security would be expanding law enforcement capabilities to deport immigrants hasn't gotten the attention it should. Aarti Shahani brings us an update.
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