By Robert Redford.
When I see raw tar sands coursing through people’s yards and across wetlands, it makes me sick. My thoughts are with the people in Arkansas who are dealing with this river of toxic mess. And my thoughts … Read more »
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Reports indicate President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal will
include a serious cut to Social Security benefits. That’s right, major
outlets are reporting that the president intends to include the
short-sighted cost of living adjustment known as the Chained CPI … Read more »
By Abby Quillen, YES! Magazine
The Seed Underground” is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
Janisse Ray celebrates the local, organic food movement but fears we’re forgetting something elemental: the seeds. According to … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog.
Bad news on the economy. It added only 88,000 jobs in March – the slowest pace of job growth in nine months.
While the jobless rate fell to 7.6 percent, much of the drop … Read more »
By John Upton, Grist
Even as ExxonMobil was mopping up after its disgusting tar-sands oil spill in Arkansas on Wednesday, it spilled an unknown amount of unknown chemicals – possibly hydrogen sulfide and cancer-causing benzene – during an accident at … Read more »
By EcoWatch
From its beginnings as a small chemical company in 1901, Monsanto has grown into the largest biotechnology seed company in the world with net sales of $11.8 billion, 404 facilities in 66 countries across six continents and products … Read more »
By MICHAEL WINES
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A mysterious malady that has been killing honeybees en masse for several years appears to have expanded drastically in the last year, commercial beekeepers say, wiping out 40 percent or even 50 percent of … Read more »
By The New York Times | Editorial
Earlier this month, during one of his new across-the-aisle good-will tours, President Obama pleaded with Senate Republicans to ease up on their record number of filibusters of his nominees. He might as well … Read more »
By Keith Wagstaff, The Week
The freshman senator is on a roll, taking on Wall Street at every opportunity.
lizabeth Warren of Massachusetts ran for the Senate as a populist hell-bent on reforming Wall Street. And after starting her tenure … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
We’re still legislating and regulating private morality, while at the same time ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America.
In recent weeks Republican state legislators have decided to thwart the Supreme … Read more »
