Unfriending ALEC

Unfriending ALEC

| Oct 15, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyExactly 54 days after Lisa B. Nelson started her job as the CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), she got some bad news from a major supporter: The tech giant Google wanted out of its relationship with ALEC. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt...
Here Come the Rain and Drought

Here Come the Rain and Drought

| | Environment / HealthWhat is it about natural disasters and irony? Just as local authorities in Detroit were denying thousands of people access to running water, the bankrupt city experienced an epic downpour. More than 4.5 inches of rain pounded Motown in mid-August, causing $1.2 billion...
The Media’s New Climate Denial

The Media’s New Climate Denial

| Oct 8, 2014 | Environment / HealthWhat planet does Big Media think it’s living on? Over 300,000 people filled the streets of New York City in September as part of the worldwide People’s Climate March, a stirring call for action on global warming. But if you watched TV news that day, you...
We Can’t Go On Eating Like This

We Can’t Go On Eating Like This

| Oct 1, 2014 | Food / FarmingOnce the human race stopped throwing spears and gathering berries, our bodies suffered. Planting seeds and harvesting produce made leisure possible, but it also meant we grew shorter, fatter, sicker, and considerably more overworked. An alien visiting from another...