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What Occupiers Learned From Obama – and What He Should Learn From Them
Occupy Wall Street protesters march at Zuccotti Park on November 5, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone) It doesn't seem like too much of a stretch at this point to say …
Forty Acres and a Rule: Draft Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only a Sliver of Land
Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on how drilling companies would have to disclose the chemicals they use that it largely …
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More Personal Than Political, “London River” Explores Terrorism’s Aftermath
“London River,” directed by Rachid Bouchareb, starring Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate.In English and French with English subtitles, 90 minutes.US release December 2011. Premiered at the Berlin International Film …
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A Mother’s Day Manifesto: Promoting Personal and Communal Responsibility
Some time ago a woman invented Mother’s Day. Julia Ward Howe. She called on mothers to raise their sons well, to not be tools for war, as she …
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Innovations and Legislation Aim to Stave Off California Park Closures
San Francisco - A crisis has hit California’s great outdoors. Seventy of our 279 California state parks are set to close on July 1, 2012, because of budget cuts. …
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Waiting for Copernicus: Moving Beyond Wall Street-Centric Economics
It’s happening in Buenos Aires. It’s happening in Paris and in Athens. It’s even happening at the World Bank headquarters. The global economy is finally shifting away from the …
What Kind of Society Do Americans Want?
Part I – Health Care in the USA On 7 May 2012 a new study came out on healthcare in the United States. Based on research carried out by …
Bill to Ban Sustainability and Climate Change Action Fails in Arizona
This Week in Clean Economy: Five states fail to pass anti-Agenda 21 laws, with Arizona being the most high profile. Bills remain alive in three states. A high-profile bill …
Food Stamp Myth-Busting
For over four decades, the Food Stamp Program, which Congress renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008, has had bipartisan support as the nation's most important anti-hunger …
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Grant to Boost Use of Food Stamps at Farmers Markets
(Photo: Gemma Billings / Flickr)Washington - Farmers markets are a popular source of reasonably priced fresh produce, but across the country many accept only cash or checks – a …