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Hawaii: Model in the Battle for Biodiversity (2)
Kauai, Hawaii - This year marks the 40th observation of Earth Day, and so it's fitting that the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year …
Michael Honda Backs Afghanistan Military Withdrawal Timetable
On Tuesday, Rep. Michael Honda signed his name to legislation put forward by Sen. Russ Feingold, Rep. Jim McGovern and Rep. Walter Jones that would require the President to …
Hawaii: Model in the Battle for Biodiversity
Kauai, Hawaii - This year marks the 40th observation of Earth Day, and so it's fitting that the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year …
350 Degrees of Inseparability: The Good News About the Very Bad News (About Climate Change)
These days, I see how optimistic and positive disaster and apocalypse movies were. Remember how, when those giant asteroids or alien space ships headed directly for Earth, everyone rallied …
Earth Day Greenwashing From the World’s Worst Polluter
On Earth Day 2010 (April 22), the US Navy is going to stage a demonstration of its F/A-18 Super Hornet (a.k.a. the Green Hornet), powered by a 50/50 biofuel …
Red State Road Trip 2: The Good Times Are Over (Video – Part II)
In 2005, filmmaker and truthout reporter Chris Hume took the nation's pulse. He traveled to the forgotten corners of America, and let the people speak. It was a disturbing, …
Joe Conason | The Value of the “Obama Effect“
As approval ratings for Barack Obama decline at home, world opinion of the United States is rising steadily under his stewardship.
Froma Harrop | Bad Service Dressed as Good Service (2)
More service is not necessarily good service. And bad service dressed as good service is even worse. Here are examples: Restaurants. A waiter breaks into a lively conversation …
Connie Schultz | Cut the Budget? Then Arm the Citizens, Judge Says
You may have heard the latest those-folks-are-crazy story coming out of my home county in Ohio. It started two weeks ago with a local television station's tiny sound bite …
What Would Jesus Insure?
Christian groups are trying to create a run around health care reform by setting up alternative, unregulated religious health care bill collectives—and movement conservatives are cheering them on.