FDA Cracks Down on Deceptive Food Labels Oct 21, 2009
(CBS/AP) Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs. Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers. (CBS News)
Students Protest April Fools' Issue Aug 30, 2009
For the record, it's not about what "they" (and I assume you mean Black students) want; it's about what's right and wrong, and what any educated person with a sense of the history ought to know: people in positions of power who continue to benefit from the structural and cultural injustices of our society aren't very well-positioned to make jokes about "nothing being more beautiful than adding a few drops of Georgetown's milk into some dark chocolate Cocoa Puffs," "vanilla-chocolate swirl... (The Hoya, Washington DC)
It’s not a race; it’s safety, cereal and street-riding pace Jun 20, 2009
My favorite Peanut Butter Cap n Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. Forget Wheaties. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Hungry kids get nutritious summer meals for free Jun 18, 2009
Boxes of Cocoa Puffs and cartons of apple juice were doled out one day this week to hungry kids in a buffet line outside the Walton Village community center. Dorothy Latimer, 77, a retired beautician who minds her grandkids during summer break, brought three antsy pre-schoolers to eat. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
