Welcoming Overdue Mercury Standards

Welcoming Overdue Mercury Standards

As a mother with a toddler, I’m always trying to protect my daughter. From choking hazards to toxic household chemicals, from busy streets to steep stairs, there are a lot of dangers that keep us parents on our toes. Unfortunately, there are some toxins our...
Tax Wall Street to Heal America

Tax Wall Street to Heal America

National Nurses United, America’s largest union of RNs, is sounding an alarm. We’ve organized rallies in New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, as well as in Minnesota, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and other states...
Obama: Reject the Tar Sands Pipeline

Obama: Reject the Tar Sands Pipeline

The seven members of Congress who signed a strongly worded letter to an Obama cabinet official on October 5 raised serious concerns about the administration’s cozy relationship with a high-profile energy company. “Rather than acting as fair arbiters of...
The GOP Loves the Federal Spending it Hates

The GOP Loves the Federal Spending it Hates

Whatever else you think about tea-party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they’re consistent in their opposition to big government intrusion in the economy, right? Absolutely. Unless you count intrusions of taxpayer funds into corporate projects...
Big Oil: $135 Million — School Children: 0

Big Oil: $135 Million — School Children: 0

When is it not enough to have too much? Apparently, when you’re a giant oil corporation. Big Oil’s avaricious honchos are always searching for another dime they can slip into their corporate pockets, no matter whom it hurts. A crude example of their...