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Ten Candidates File Suit as “Massive Improprieties, Tampering” Seen in Shelby County, Tennessee, Election
While barreling westward across the Great Plains yesterday, I received an urgent text message from Bev Harris of the non-partisan election integrity watchdog organization BlackBoxVoting.org. She and Susan Pynchon, …
Broadband Needs Truth in Labeling
The Federal Communications Commission recently released a technical paper confirming what most technology insiders – and many movie fans who have tried to stream a high-definition Netflix trilogy at …
Study of Coal Ash Sites Finds Extensive Water Contamination
Washington - A study released on Thursday finds that 39 sites in 21 states where coal-fired power plants dump their coal ash are contaminating water with toxic metals such …
North Korea: It’s a Cyclical Thing
Nagano, Japan - Here’s a blast from the past: A 1994 Boston Globe article began: “Former President Jimmy Carter’s talks in North Korea may have provided an ‘opening’ in …
Alexander Cockburn | Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Commandeer Martin Luther King’s Dream
This coming weekend brings us the Aug. 28 anniversary of the March on Washington back in 1963. It was when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I …
Confusion in Iraq: Troops and Contractors March Into New Era
The Obama administration signaled the end of an era this week as the last combat troops left Iraq, but insurgents apparently did not get the message. A wave of …
David Sirota | Lessons From a Low-Impact Week
“Will you join me in lowering our impact?”
US Climate Bill Is Dead While So Much Life on Our Earth Continues to Perish
[I dedicate this story to my wife Nora who showed me a Curve–billed Thrasher’s nest on a cholla cactus, the first I had ever seen, and walked with me …
Obama’s Hard Stance on Guatemalan Labor
On July 30th, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the U.S. would file a formal complaint against the Guatemalan government for violating labor standards under the Dominican …
Fish Kills Worry Gulf Scientists, Fishers, Environmentalists
Ocean Springs, Mississippi - Another massive fish kill, this time in Louisiana, has alarmed scientists, fishers and environmentalists who believe they are caused by oil and dispersants. On Aug. …