Meatpacking workers in the Quad Cities area spoke with the WSWS and detailed the harsh exploitation and dangerous workplace conditions that have lead to worker deaths.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Retail Food Store Delis.

The program, which was explored after the Boar’s Head outbreak of 2024 spurred the agency to reevaluate its inspection and Listeria monitoring protocols, was piloted in FY 2026 and will be expanded to...

The true nature of hastily erected ICE detention facilities -- especially the so-called "Alligator Alcatraz" erected in Trump buddy Ron DeSantis's home state -- was called out by Mike Masnick shortly after its debut last June: There’s no way to look at what the US government is doing here and not think of it more...

Gias Foods, Inc. recalled Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine on Sept. 15

The USDA announced the recall of 167,639 lbs. of meat products on Tuesday, after surveillance activities by its Food Safety and Inspection Service discovered the issue.

When Elon first took over Twitter with grand plans to "bring back free speech," I tried to help him run through the standard content moderation learning curve that basically every site created by a clueless tech bro runs through. They all start with "we're the free speech site, we allow everything!" and very quickly someone...

Vaccine recommendations are on the table. Comments close Sunday.

CDC has declared the unprecedented Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce over. FDA continues its root cause investigation of the current outbreak as well as investigations into ot...

Congress cut two of three federal Cyclospora research projects as part of FY2026 appropriations, and the third will be disrupted by the Trump Administration’s planned USDA reorganization, according to...

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Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballots

From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.

Going beyond the “ultra-processed foods” debate, the proposal, submitted by observer organization IFT, asks Codex to develop a framework to discern which foods are promoting chronic disease risk from ...

The notice formalizes proposed reorganization plans that surfaced in April 2025 amid the federal government-wide RIFs and the mass overhaul of HHS that occurred shortly after President Trump took offi...

It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

Louisiana wants federal support for a sweeping nuclear plan that includes new reactors, data-center power and research into storing spent fuel in offshore salt domes. The state is one of five finalist...

Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid ​operator said, plunging the island of ‌about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.

Since Péter Magyar's Tisza Party won a landslide in April, Hungary's president, top prosecutor and state media chiefs have all been removed, as the new government moves swiftly to unwind 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule. #EuropeNews

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a show geared toward teaching Americans how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals. “Thanks to President Trump, we flipped t…

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

Pittsburgh councilors may change the city parking code to close a loophole in the rules around prohibited parking areas, including sidewalks and bike lanes.

Finland will dismantle power pylons supporting cross-border fiber-optic internet cables, impacting Russian web traffic and communication infrastructure.

Courtroom victories for public university professors over state teaching restrictions on race, gender, and unconscious bias are beginning to define the bounds of unlawful political oversight of higher...

Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.

U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts spoke at the United Nations after the European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record.

Mexico filed 20 complaints across eight U.S. states over deaths linked to ICE and asked the UN human rights chief to review the cases.

President Donald Trump’s management of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been full of controversy, from his massive layoffs to his promise to right-wing podcaster Joe Rogan to legalize certain psychedelics. Yet according to a recent report, one particular scandal — a cyclospora in lettuce o...

Maduro and his wife, who were seized and bought to the US earlier this year, deny the weapons and drug charges against them.

This week’s Executive Dysfunction.

Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.

David Brouillette, according to Ohio Immigrant Alliance, is no outlier.

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the National Park Service to install temporary signage near the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, warning of what the administration views as ...

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

GOP fearmongering about communism in the US is baseless. Dems like AOC are fighting for universal healthcare, but GOP calls it communism.

Other towns and cities in Essex County have rolled out similar local regulations over the past year.

While many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.

"Federal officials are racing to fork over America's public lands to one of wealthiest corporations on Earth before the courts can even weigh in."