Humane Issues in the News

Each week we round-up the news you need to know about humane issues, from human rights and environmental preservation, to animal protection, to media and culture, to activism, education, and changemaking.


"3-4 times more sharks killed annually than UN stats show" (via Treehugger) (7/9/12)

Survey says kids say school is too easy; but is it just too meaningless instead? (via USA Today) (7/9/12)

"Apple walks away from green certification" (via Treehugger) (7/9/12)

"Raising minimum wage: a help or a harm?" (via NPR) (7/8/12)

Is "organic" being gobbled up, adulterated by Big Food? (via NY Times) (7/7/12)

"Food stamps: more benefit to big food than to the poor?" (via Time) (7/7/12)

"How activism forced Nike to change its ethical game" (via The Guardian) (7/6/12)

"Do 5-year-olds really need career testing?" (via GOOD) (7/5/12)

"Guatemala farmers losing their land to Europe's demand for biofuels" (via The Guardian) (7/5/12)

New report critical of GMO crops (via Common Dreams) (7/5/12)

Seabirds on Pacific Northwest coast "eating bellyfuls of plastic" study says (via Vancouver Sun) (7/4/12)

South Korea announces plans to resume whaling (via CNN) (7/4/12)

"Conservation is patriotic and has bipartisan support, according to new poll"  (via Nature Conservancy) (7/3/12)

Research shows chickens "show evidence of primitive self-consciousness" (via Humane Research Council) (7/2/12)

Studies suggest that more money makes people act less humane (via New York Magazine) (7/1/12)

WTO rules against U.S. country-of-origin labeling laws (via PR Watch) (6/29/12)

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