This week, Columbia’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Floodlight, and ProPublica copublished an investigation: “Fossil fuel interests are working to kill solar in one Ohio county. The hometown ...

Websites posing as local news outlets funded by partisan groups have surged past the number of sites of independent daily newspapers on the internet, according to a report released Tuesday by a ...

What is ‘pink slime’ journalism? “Pink slime” journalism is named after a meat byproduct and describes outlets that publish poor quality reports that appear to be local news. In the past decade, many ...

McDonald's made a startling announcement in 2012, stating it would no longer be serving burgers made from "lean beef trimmings treated with ammonia" in America. A concise statement was posted on their ...

Pink slime. Appetizing, right? Well, you eat it each time you order a burger at a fast-food restaurant. What is it? Trimmings from cattle carcasses that are heated and then bathed in ammonium ...

Fast food has become an integral part of our modern lifestyle. With its convenience and affordability, it’s no wonder that people from all walks of life rely on it for their meals. However, the rise ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — You’ve probably seen the ...

While pink slime in itself poses no scientifically credible threat to the public, Schaffner says, it does present a different problem: overconsumption. "We can certainly make the argument, and we've ...