Gambia has backed off from ordering female state employees to cover their hair while at work.

This is a small but significant defeat for religious fanaticism.

Campbell's Soup Company agreed to label all products that contain GMO foods, saying that the cost of this labeling would be insignificant.

This demonstrates that the opposition to a labeling requirement is bullshit.

I do not believe that GMOs are invariably or inherently bad. But there are many ways that they can do harm, and without a firm and strong regulatory system, the companies that develop them will choose to ignore the risks.

Pollution with PCBs is killing the orcas and dolphins of western europe.

I am looking for people to help maintain and operate savannah.gnu.org.

In Europe, employers have been given the right to read all messages sent by employees at work.

I am not sure whether this applies only to use of the company's systems, or also to the employee's own computers.

A possible answer to that and other related questions.

One worker says his messaging was investigated for months due to misunderstandings. He was eventually found "innocent", but the process made it intolerable to remain in that company.