by Gabriel Silverman | Dec 5, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Occupy DC’s daylong standoff with police and numerous arrests of protesters Sunday thrust Washington’s McPherson Square into the national spotlight. Major media outlets were on hand to witness National Park Police moving in after protesters erected a...
by Gabriel Silverman | Dec 5, 2011 | Business & Tech
Federal farm subsidies have long been the scourge of food policy critics who decry taxpayer support for agriculture that has resulted in billions of dollars in handouts primarily benefiting large producers. Enemy no. 1 was the direct payment subsidy program. From 1995...
by Gabriel Silverman | Dec 4, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sunday night Washington and Park Service police tore down a makeshift, wooden community center erected by Occupy DC protestors in McPherson Square. At 11 a.m. the protestors were given a 12 p.m. deadline to disassemble the shelter, but failed to do...
by Gabriel Silverman | Nov 17, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — The fight against Alabama’s controversial immigration law, HB56, will get a push from a delegation of U.S. lawmakers Monday, when 10 House members will visit Birmingham. The all-Democrat group will meet with local elected officials, law enforcement,...
by Gabriel Silverman | Nov 17, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON- America may be obsessed with healthy eating, but one market trend suggests otherwise. The restaurants with the fastest growing customer bases are Five Guys Holdings LLC, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC, Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., and...
