Stories by Karen Charman

Recasting the Web: Information Commons to Cash Cow

Posted on Aug 26, 2002, Source: Extra!

Like other media, the Internet's content and infrastructure are being gobbled up by media corporations, threatening the model of the Web as an open forum.

Seeds of Destruction

Posted on Mar 21, 2002, Source: In These Times

The discovery of genetically engineered maize growing in Mexico, a country which has outlawed it, has raised the stakes on GMO's.

Down on the Farm: Modern Day Sharecroppers

Posted on Jan 25, 2002, Source: TomPaine.com

Aggressive agri-giants are turning poultry farmers into bird babysitters, while shaping a dismal future for American agriculture in general.