| Oct 4, 2010 | Environment / HealthThe Great Recession may be officially over but the United States is stuck in a prolonged economic crisis, with joblessness hovering around 10 percent. Millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans are fed up. They want jobs. But many lawmakers are reluctant to...
| | Environment / HealthBP is everywhere in the media vowing “We will make it right.” Pardon my skepticism, but BP has a long and dishonorable history of greenwashing, even prior to its Deepwater Horizon disaster. Remember BP’s highly touted rebirth a few years ago as...
| | Environment / HealthSome members of Congress complain that they have a really tough job. Also, they say their hard work is not appreciated by the public and that they’re really not paid enough. Well, not to worry, Congresspeople, for I have the perfect cure for your job grievances:...
| Sep 27, 2010 | Environment / HealthMoments of crisis offer two options: You can respond out of fear by hunkering down, arming yourself, and planning to shoot anyone that comes near your end-of-days outpost. Or you can embrace a smarter option by banding together and taking creative action toward a...
| | Environment / HealthWhen Paul Kysel moved to Pines, Indiana, in 1990, he had no idea he would soon become part of a years-long battle over his community’s public and environmental health. Kysel and his family didn’t know it when they moved in, but their house was only a mile...
| Sep 20, 2010 | Environment / HealthOur health system’s Run amok; Folks just out, To make a buck. America’s hallowed “market democracy” has favored us with a cornucopia of shimmering goods and services. At least, if you can afford them. Unfortunately, that system doesn’t...
