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Fraud and Folly: The Untold Story of General Electric's Subprime Debacle

Michael Hudson, The Center for Public Integrity. January 6, 2012.

The industrial giant jumped into the subprime business in 2004, lending blue-chip respectability to the market for risky home loans.

Thanks to the FDA, You Really Have No Idea What's In Your Food

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. October 7, 2011.

An estimated 60 to 70 percent of processed foods contains genetically modified organisms, but unlike 50 other countries, the US doesn't require labeling.

USDA Gives Taxpayer Money to Fund Company's Efforts to Genetically Engineer Salmon

Clare Leschin-Hoar, Grist.org. October 3, 2011.

AquaBounty has run into some roadblocks getting its frankenfish approved by lawmakers, but that hasn't stopped the USDA from giving the company money.

How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Ellen Schultz, Portfolio Books. September 27, 2011.

What really happened to the retirement benefits of millions of Americans at thousands of companies.

Don't Buy the False Promise of Industrial Agriculture: We Don't Need Genetically Engineered Food, Just Biodiverse Farms

Vandana Shiva, ClimateStoryTellers.org. February 24, 2011.

Genetically engineered food and industrial agriculture won't save us from climate change, droughts and food insecurity -- in fact, it's just the opposite.

Organic Meat and Dairy Are About to Be History, But There Are Two Ways You Can Help Stop It

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. February 11, 2011.

Even as the Obama administration is starting to look like the Monsanto administration, we can still fight back.

What the Heck Happened? The Politics of GM Alfalfa Explained

Marion Nestle, Food Politics. February 4, 2011.

How did the USDA's plan for peaceful coexistence among alfalfa growers end up with the agency approving GM alfalfa with no restrictions?

Why You Can Now Kiss Organic Beef, Dairy and Many Vegetables Goodbye

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. January 28, 2011.

The USDA ruled that farmers are now free to plant GE alfalfa, and USDA won't even keep track of who plants it where. The implications are huge.

What the FDA Doesn't Want You to Know About GE Salmon

Tom Laskawy, Grist.org. November 16, 2010.

FDA is attempting to freeze out scientific experts in its rush to approve biotech company AquaBounty's genetically modified salmon for human consumption.

The Creepy Science Behind Genetically Engineered "Frankenfish" About to Enter Our Food Supply Unlabeled

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. September 13, 2010.

This salmon would be the first genetically engineered animal to enter the U.S. food supply, and the science behind its approval process is frightening.

Why Is the Obama Administration Parroting Monsanto Talking Points?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. July 19, 2010.

Something's very wrong when the chief scientist at the USDA says we'll have to start farming parks, forests and golf courses if we don't switch to biotech.

Behind the Scenes, GE’s Top Exec Confided Credit Woes

Jeff Gerth, ProPublica. February 8, 2010.

Hank Paulson's new book details a very different recollection of events that persuaded FDIC Chair Sheila Bair to help guarantee over $70 billion in GE debt.

Updated: Corporate Grinch: GE Threatens to Kill Christmas Rather than Negotiate with Workers in Good Faith

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 1, 2009.

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Evil GE Uses Socialist Yip Harburg to Sell Its Lies

Laura Flanders, GRITtv AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 3, 2009.

This is just wrong.

Frankenforests: GE Trees Threaten Ecosystem Collapse

Dara Colwell, AlterNet. August 2, 2007.

Across the U.S. and the world, the timber industry is driving research behind genetically engineered forests. But environmentalists worry that it will open an ecological Pandora's Box.