By William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Bad as the situation is at Fukushima, it’s gotten worse.
Perhaps you’ve heard that radiation levels of the water leaving the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and flowing into the Pacific Ocean … Read more »
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By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
A basic economic principle is government ought to tax what we want to discourage, and not tax what we want to encourage.
For example, if we want less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we … Read more »
AlterNet [1] / By Richard Eskow [2]
A judicious writer avoids adjectives like “mindblowing,” especially when covering political or economic issues. But no other word seems to describe the stunning reality of corporate taxation in modern America, which cries out … Read more »
By Jane Mayer.
When President Obama unveiled his program to tackle climate change last month, he deliberately sidestepped Congress as a hopeless bastion of obstruction, relying completely on changes that could be imposed by regulatory agencies. A two-year study by … Read more »
By Robert Redford.
In recent weeks, we’ve been calling on President Obama to show the “courage of his convictions” when it comes to fighting climate change. In his speech last week, he agreed to take some essential steps in saving … Read more »
By Elizabeth Warren, 28 June 13
We won’t make the information public because if people knew what was going on, they would stop it.
That’s been the government’s argument for not releasing the basic trade negotiation documents. Let me explain:… Read more »
A brave state legislator and an army of feminist supporters have stopped Texas’ extreme anti-choice law for now, but the fight is just beginning
By Jessica Mason Pieklo
On Monday, the Texas State House voted overwhelmingly to pass a draconian … Read more »
Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage With Two Major Rulings
WASHINGTON — In a pair of major victories for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that married same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and, by declining … Read more »
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