Evan Mascagni

A new study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences found that the presence of two organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in women’s blood — mirex and beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH) — may be associated with an increased risk of…

Whether or not you support the U.S. decision to go to war with Syria, there is no denying the blatant hypocrisy in the justification that the U.S. should intervene because of Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Here are three of the…

While filming the upcoming documentary Toxic Profits over the last six months, I have been speaking with people about extremely hazardous pesticides that are used in agriculture across the world. These discussions about pesticide use on food for…

A battle is raging over a ballot measure in California that would require the labeling of foods that have been genetically engineered (GE). It's no surprise that opposition to Prop 37 comes in large part from the makers of GE seeds — biochemical…

In Fisher v. University of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on an affirmative action policy that could dramatically effect the number of minority students able to secure admission at universities across the country. While Mitt Romney has…

Imagine discovering a product that you've been using is causing serious damage to your health and the environment. But instead of safely disposing of that toxic product, you decide to go next door and sell it to your neighbor. Hard to imagine,…

Being from the religious state of Kentucky, my Facebook news feed has been flooded with people praying for the victims of this week’s terrorist attack in Colorado and praying that something like this never happens again.   These are the same people…

Rachel Maddow is an American television host, political commentator, and author, who has been called a left-wing socialist and the “Whore of the Left.” Aaron Walker is an attorney and blogger, who has been called “the man who has taken upon himself…

A few months back on PolicyMic, I wrote about a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) against Jennifer Batoon, who was sued by her dentist after she wrote a negative Yelp! review on the dentist’s Yelp! page.  Last week, a new…

The execution of Davis has opened the door for an opportunity to have a real dialogue about the use of death penalty in the United States. There are countless reasons why I believe the death penalty should be abolished in the U.S., but I’m going to…