Regulatory Affairs

The 5 Unfinished Items That Will Shape Obama's Food and Ag Legacy

The farm bill, antibiotics in ag, junk food in schools, and more.

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| Wed Nov. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Koch-Backed Group Warns Chris Christie

The billionaires once hailed the N.J. governor; now a political outfit they finance worries Christie will cave on Obamacare.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 11:30 AM PST

Mass Shootings: Maybe What We Need Is a Better Mental-Health Policy

What our in-depth investigation reveals about mental illness and America's mass killings with guns.

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| Fri Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

John Boehner's Desperate Bluff on Taxes

His caucus will eat him alive if he wavers on taxes, but the House speaker's hard-line stance is just bluster and he knows it.

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| Wed Nov. 7, 2012 5:22 PM PST

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Romney Adviser Backed Outlawing Homosexuality and Abortion in Africa

Romney wants you to think he's a moderate. The evangelical, anti-gay agenda peddled by his friend Jay Sekulow is anything but.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Big Sugar vs Big Corn

Are High-Fructose Corn Syrup Makers in Denial?

Corn refiners deploy Mother Jones' exposé in their battle against Big Sugar. Just one small problem…

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Gary Taubes Answers Redditors' Sugar Questions

Won't steal his kids' Halloween booty, he says—well, not all of it, anyway.

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Stormy Obama Attack Ad Resurfaces in Wake of Sandy

A mysterious yet familiar flier gets slipped under doors in the swing state of Virginia.

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

American Refineries Getting Ready for Dirty Tar Sands Oil

Residents of polluted neighborhoods watch warily as local refineries prepare to process Canadian crude.

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby, Center for Public Integrity

 | Wed Oct. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Watch: Gary Taubes Reveals the Sugar Industry's Secrets

Documents show how industry's leading trade group recruited scientists predisposed to give sugar a pass.

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Document Dive: What's Inside the Sugar Industry's Filing Cabinets?

Internal papers reveal a strategy to safeguard sugar from "opportunists," "pseudoscientists," and "enemies."

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Big Sugar's Sweet Little Lies

How the industry kept scientists from asking: Does sugar kill?

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Michael Brown Should Really Just Go Away

The Katrina-era FEMA head thinks people want to hear what he thinks about Sandy.

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| Tue Oct. 30, 2012 2:07 PM PDT

Charts: The Frackers' Well-Oiled Political Machine

How the domestic drilling frenzy fills campaign coffers and kills off accountability.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Harold Hamm

Who Fracked Mitt Romney?

Meet his top energy adviser: billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm.

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| Mon Oct. 29, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Kevin Drum's Guide to California's Ballot Mayhem

Zombie initiatives! Local zillionaires wreaking havoc! And the curse of ballot box budgeting.

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| Thu Oct. 25, 2012 4:30 AM PDT

Why Is the FDA Inspecting So Little Imported Seafood?

The agency tests just 2.7 percent of seafood from abroad—despite the fact that much of it is grown under grotesque conditions.

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| Mon Oct. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports

X-ray body scanners have been quietly replaced with safer machines.

By Michael Grabell , ProPublica

 | Fri Oct. 19, 2012 9:53 AM PDT

Conservatives Bravely Defend Kids' Right to Junky Lunch

Why the backlash against the new healthy school lunch rules is a bunch of baloney.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Mitt Romney Loves a Good Gun Conspiracy

The presidential candidate rolls with paranoid NRA talk while ignoring mass shooting victims.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT