By Ruth Rosen, Open Democracy
“Everything that explains the world has in fact explained a world that does not exist, a world in which men are at the center of the human enterprise and women are at the margin “helping” … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Most people, if pressed on the subject, would probably agree that extreme income inequality is a bad thing, although a fair number of conservatives believe that the whole subject of income distribution should be banned from public … Read more »
By Toru Hanai and Elaine Lies
KORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) – Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it’s like to play outside – fear of radiation has kept … Read more »
By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Reproductive rights advocates denounce ‘injustice’ to women as Bill 2 forces more clinics to close
Two more reproductive healthcare clinics in Texas that provided abortion closed this week, an ‘injustice’ critics say has been brought … Read more »
By Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
American Legislative Exchange Council forms new initiative
Offshoot will target ‘villages, towns, cities and counties’
The rightwing group Alec is preparing to launch a new nationwide network that will seek to replicate its current influence … Read more »
By Judith D. Schwartz
The degradation of soils from unsustainable agriculture and other development has released billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. But new research shows how effective land restoration could play a major role in sequestering CO2 … Read more »
By Associated Press
Some members of US Congress demanding closer scrutiny of pipes following serious spills in Arkansas and North Dakota.
A freshwater channel that separates Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas is a premier midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer’s … Read more »
Remember Fukushima? Earthquake? Tsunami? Nuclear meltdown? Happened back in ’75, if I recall correctly.
Still going on.
Scientists confirmed the arrival of radioactive Fukushima water at the annual American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu today, but pointed out … Read more »
Scientists say lack of government supported research forcing them to use volunteers, predictive models
– Lauren McCauley, staff writer
An image from a model of the progression of a radioactive plume coming across the Pacific following the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. … Read more »
By Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
The national spotlight is now shining on Arizona as Gov. Jan Brewer (R) weighs whether to sign the controversial “license to discriminate” bill (SB 1062) passed by the legislature last week. Though the potential consequences are … Read more »
