| Jan 24, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyIt’s common knowledge that our political system is awash with money. And that money, despite some flimsy legal barriers, comes with strings attached. One coal baron’s efforts to set an entire administration’s energy agenda are the perfect case study....
| Oct 25, 2017 | Environment / Health“The war on coal is over,” according to Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt spoke these words in a speech to coal miners in Hazard, Kentucky, where he announced the formal repeal of Obama’s Clean Power Plan. What he failed to...
| Dec 21, 2016 | Environment / HealthRick Perry has taken quite a tumble since being governor of Texas. He was a twice-failed GOP presidential wannabe and then ended up being a rejected contestant on Dancing with the Stars, the television show for has-been celebrities. But now, having kissed the ring of...
| Sep 30, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyOne by one the Republicans are falling away. First it was Rick “Oops” Perry. Maybe the former Texas governor hoped his new horn-rimmed glasses would make him look smarter after his flop in 2012. Alas, he still became the first of the 2016 candidates to...