If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end. — By Salvatore Babones It’s January 25, 2001, the first week of the Bush presidency and more than half a year before the September 11 attacks. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
Raise your hand if you don’t want any health insurance. — By Mitchell Zimmerman As the writer Anatole France once said, “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges.” The right to refuse to
— by Beth Buczynski, originally published on Care2 | July 8, 2012 The natural gas industry, and it’s supporting case of puppet politicians, continue to claim that fracking has no negative impact on the environment or local drinking water supplies. There are many incidents of
— AlterNet / By Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins — July 6, 2012 The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to grant a permit for the planting or cultivation of a genetically engineered crop, regardless of environmental impact. While many Americans were
Every five years, Congress passes a bundle of legislation, commonly called the "Farm Bill" that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy. The last Farm Bill was passed in 2008, and expires in 2012. The current iteration of the “farm bill”
By Travis Waldron on Jul 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm The last three years have been the worst on record for public sector job losses, and the fact that more than 700,000 public employees have been laid off is holding back the
For Immediate Release July 6, 2012 Romney Declined Invitation To Address The Largest Latino Civil Rights And Advocacy Group In The Country; Caves After Being Called Out Over Repeatedly Disrespecting Latinos Las Vegas, NV – We’ll bet you $10,000 this isn’t a
The Affordable Care Act ruling won’t heal our ailing health system. By Margaret Flowers As a physician, I find it very odd that the debate over the Affordable Care Act has focused on the effect the law will have on the presidential
For me, the Affordable Care Act means that when I graduate from college, I won’t have to take a job that I hate to get the health care that I need. By Hilary Matfess I may have lupus, but I’m lucky. When
DeSmogBlog investigates the controversial decision by Alberta’s government to ignore the threat of rapid industrial expansion in the Alberta Tar Sands region, and instead kill thousands of wolves to appear to be doing something to save dwindling woodland caribou populations. Through interviews
