Treating Criminality As Daring Boldness: The Media on Bush
It's only when others in power and on the right criticize Bush that we are supposed to pay attention to the criticism. This is a deeply ingrained bias in our corporate media.
Capitalism Kills: Mad Cow, Crime, Salt, and Suicide
The free enterprise system, aka the free market, aka capitalism, is an economic system, as we all know, that is dedicated to maximizing profits at any cost.
Opposition to Death Penalty Gains Momentum
From the Catholic Church's recent strong reiteration of its opposition to the death penalty to the refusal of doctors in San Quentin Prison's death row to use lethal injection on cruelty grounds earlier this year, opposition to the death penalty has gained momentum.
TFAs, The Food Industry’s “Trojan Horse” On Your Table
Indeed, USDA says TFA’s are found in 40 percent of the food on grocery store shelves today! The good news, though, is that since last January 1st, the FDA ordered TFAs to be listed on food package labels, so at least you’ve got a sporting chance to avoid them.
Dems Call for Closing the 'Donut Hole' in Medicare Plan
Last week, Democratic members of Congress and leaders of a group called Campaign for America's Future (CAF) held a press conference urging an end to the 'donut hole' in prescription drug coverage for millions of seniors who receive Medicare.
DeVos Takes Hard Right on Religion in Public Schools
Aside from fighting the minimum wage increase, funding campaigns to gut Michigan’s public schools, lobbying Congress for job-killing 'free' trade policies, supporting a group that is boycotting Ford, pushing for tax policies that favor the wealthy, DeVos now says he wants public schools to teach his religious beliefs as if they were science.
Solar energy: cheap and efficient
Assuming the electricity is generated by a typical power plant with an efficiency of around 30 percent, it means that the average electric water heater is responsible for about eight tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, which is almost double that emitted by a typical modern automobile.
Wal-Mart's Environmental Problems
With more than 6,000 stores spread out across the globe--Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest retailer, hands down, and also a magnet for criticism for its low wages, inadequate health coverage and effect on struggling downtowns. Wal-Mart has also had its share of environmental problems.
The Growing Gap in Benefits
U.S. workers who have the greatest need for employee benefits – workers earning less than $15 per hour – are the least likely to receive them.
Senate Dems Propose Job-creating Alternative Energy Plan
A report released yesterday by the non-partisan Apollo Alliance says that investments and reforms contained in the so-called Clean EDGE Act would help create jobs while cultivating a strong alternative energy sector.
