Our Health Care System is Still Sick

Our Health Care System is Still Sick

Not much system To our care; Can’t find treatment Anywhere. It’s great living here in our rich country, as long as you’re rich yourself. Take our health care system. Unlike other wealthy countries, our nation’s medical apparatus allows those at...
Mother Nature Belongs at the Bargaining Table

Mother Nature Belongs at the Bargaining Table

As the highly scripted stagecraft of the presidential campaign fades from the headlines, there’s a new show in Washington. ”Fiscal Cliff” stars President Barack Obama, who urges Republicans and Democrats to agree on a ”grand bargain” that would soften the...
The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind

The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind

Oil and coal Pollute the land, But burning them Brings profits grand. There’s money to be made in wind and solar power, but so far, not very much. And that’s the way fossil fuel giants aim to keep it. As of today, they’re winning the energy battle...
Voting Can Be Good for Your Health

Voting Can Be Good for Your Health

I always had a sensitive stomach growing up. Until I got to college, I never imagined it would cost me tens of thousands of dollars per year. My first semester at the University of California, Berkeley should have revolved around making new friends and experiencing...
Now, Will Obama Break His Climate Silence?

Now, Will Obama Break His Climate Silence?

Like most U.S. climate activists, I breathed a sigh of relief as the election returns rolled in. You didn’t have to be paranoid to fear that Mitt Romney just wasn’t taking seriously the potential devastation in store for us if we don’t change course....