Rural America
While abortion clinics diminish, crisis pregnancy centers flourish
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Crisis pregnancy centers – which counsel clients against abortion – are flourishing not only in in Illinois, but also nationally.
Opinion
Opinion: Supreme Court needs to rule in favor of SNAP data transparency
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The Food Marketing Institute is trying to conceal how taxpayer dollars are being spent by recipients of the Supplemental Food Assistance Program. To date it’s been an almost eight-year court battle between South Dakota's Argus Leader newspaper and USDA and FMI.
Big Ag Watch: News & Updates
The GMO public relations campaign and ‘mommy farmers’
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The nonprofit food-watch group U.S. Right to Know has kick started a nationwide discussion on GMOs, public universities and corporate funding. The New York Times also recently reported on the relationship between corporate agriculture and academia.
Environment
Lack of funding results in ‘dearth of data’ on water
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Water experts predict that much of the United States will experience freshwater shortages within the next decade. To better plan for a potential crisis, researchers and scientists strive to collect data on streams, aquifers and water consumption. However, they do so under constrained financial conditions, leaving many research programs vulnerable.