Believe it or not, the bees are doing just fine

You've probably heard the bad news, by now, that bees were recently added to the endangered species list for the first time. But if you're part of the 60 percent of people who share stories without actually reading them , you might have missed an important detail: namely, that the newly-endangered bees are a handful of relatively obscure species who live only in Hawaii.

Presidential Proclamation — National School Lunch Week, 2016

Seventy years ago, President Harry Truman signed the National School Lunch Act, declaring "Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children, and proper nourishment comes first in attaining this welfare." This Act created the National School Lunch Program and provided lunch to 7 million children in its first year -- today, more than 30 million children depend on it each day.

Japanese cafe flips burgers in contest inspired by U.S. election

J.S. Burgers Cafe chef Yasuhito Fukui prepares Mr. and Mrs. Burger featuring the U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the hamburger joint in Tokyo, Japan October 7, 2016. J.S. Burgers Cafe chef Yasuhito Fukui prepares Mr. and Mrs. Burger featuring the U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the hamburger joint in Tokyo, Japan October 7, 2016.

Leaked Memo Shows Steve Harvey Provided Clinton Every Question Before Interview

According to a leaked memo obtained by The Washington Free Beacon , talk show host Steve Harvey provided the Hillary Clinton campaign with the questions he was going to ask before she appeared on his show in February. "Steve is known to be a host who goes out of his way to make his guests feel comfortable," the memo from staffers Karen Finney and Betsaida Alcantara notes.

Even politicians love Patti LaBellea s famous pies

Patti LaBelle is running late. But no one here seems to mind. The crowd of staffers, members, Walmart execs and the lucky legislative aide who happened to get "the email," are too busy rubbernecking the passed trays carrying slices of sweet potato pie to notice that the woman of the hour is missing.

After FDA found weedkiller in nearly 100% of honey products, it kept…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been doing its best to protect Monsanto and the entire GMO industry by dragging its feet and hiding information regarding glyphosate content in foods. Glyphosate, the most widely-used herbicide on the planet and an essential component in GMO agricultural methods, has been the subject of increasing concern - particularly since the World Health Organization classified it as a " " in 2015.

Trump slams ‘Trojan horse’ migrants, son sparks outrage

Donald Trump's hardline stance on immigration after two bombings in the New York area again sparked debate on the White House campaign trail on Tuesday, as his son sparked a firestorm by comparing Syrian refugees to lethal candies. Donald Trump has championed police profiling of suspects and promised to bar immigrants and travellers from certain countries deemed dangerous, like Syria.

Isolated workers catch fish for U.S.

Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hardworking fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.

Foreign fishermen confined to boats catch Hawaiian seafood

Hawaii's high-quality seafood is sold with the promise that it's caught by local, hard-working fishermen. But the people who haul in the prized catch are almost all undocumented foreign workers, confined to American boats for years at a time without basic rights or protections.