kennedy-appoints-new-members-to-oversee-$2-billion-autism-budget

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed a new slate of 21 members to a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research, policy and social services. The move, announced Wednesday, was widely criticized by former panel members and national autism advocacy groups. The InteragencyContinue Reading

eu plans-to-weaken-pesticide-rules ‘unlawful’,-experts say

Plans by the European Commission to scrap routine checks on pesticide safety would break EU law, according to a new legal opinion published today (27 January).  The Commission announced plans in December to “simplify” regulations for pesticides, including ditching requirements for all pesticides to be reassessed every ten to fifteen years to account for newContinue Reading

united-states-plunges-into-unlawful-rule-and-extrajudicial-killings

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered by federal agents because they were human rights defenders, bearing witness to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) widescale human rights abuses in Minneapolis. As legal observers and protestors, they were scrutinizing and calling attention to an authority that has attempted every measureContinue Reading