BILL MOYERS, MONEY AND POWER I...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Posted by Bill Moyers   Hope: it’s in short supply in America this year. I was reminded of that recently when I...

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A clear contrast of sustainabl...

Sep 12, 2016 by

A clear contrast of sustainable and unsustainable farming practices — in 20 seconds!

[Translate] GRIST … till proven guilty Of course, there are scores of variables when it comes to sustainable farming, but this...

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What Really Happened to “World...

Sep 12, 2016 by

What Really Happened to “World Trade Center Building 7” on September 11, 2001?

[Translate] September 11th, 2016 By Andy Whiteley Contributing writer for Wake Up World Today, on the 15 year anniversary of 9/11,...

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10 States Report Crop Damage F...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Food Missouri has suffered the most, with damage to more than 40,000 acres of crops. By Lorraine Chow / EcoWatch tractor...

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Bill Moyers: How to Save Democ...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Americans can still fix our world and make it a better place. By Bill Moyers / Tom Dispatch  VIA ALTERNET   grungy...

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IT’S TIME TO FIRE THE AM...

Sep 12, 2016 by

[Translate] More Info Declares opposition to personal belief exemptions      It is time to fire the American Academy of Pediatrics....

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TEMPERATURES RISE, AND WE̵...

Sep 11, 2016 by

[Translate] Ed Columnist Nicholas Kristof   NYTIMES ONE of Donald Trump’s 100 wackiest ideas is that climate change is a hoax...

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WILD GARDENING AND WHY NATURE ...

Sep 11, 2016 by

WILD GARDENING AND WHY NATURE ALWAYS WINS

[Translate] Margie Ruddick on Wild Gardening and Why Nature Always Wins By Martin C. Pedersen   COMMON EDGE.ORG Margie Ruddick, like...

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Michael Kimmelman on the Chall...

Sep 11, 2016 by

Michael Kimmelman on the Challenges – and Opportunities – Facing New York

[Translate] By Martin C. Pedersen  COMMON EDGE.ORG When Michael Kimmelman was named architecture critic of the New York Times, he was...

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HOW ARCHITECTS HELPED HEAL THE...

Sep 11, 2016 by

HOW ARCHITECTS HELPED HEAL THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT

[Translate] By Martin C. Pedersen  COMMON EDGE.ORG Even for a country far too accustomed to gun violence, this was a horrific event:...

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POWERFUL LIBYAN COMMANDER SEIZ...

Sep 11, 2016 by

POWERFUL LIBYAN COMMANDER SEIZES VITAL OIL PORTS

[Translate] Africa The industrial zone at the oil port of Ras Lanuf on March 11, 2014. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters) By Sudarsan Raghavan ...

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Doubts, concerns greet Syria c...

Sep 11, 2016 by

[Translate] Middle East The U.S. and Russia reached a deal on Syria’s cease-fire. Here’s how it happened. Play Video1:07...

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HOW THE GOVERNMENT COULD RESIS...

Sep 11, 2016 by

HOW THE GOVERNMENT COULD RESIST TRUMP’S ORDERS

[Translate] PostEverything Civil servants can refuse to comply, judges can issue injunctions and members of Congress can decline to...

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Secret Service appears to have...

Sep 11, 2016 by

[Translate] Post Politics By Carol D. Leonnig and Anne Gearan  WASHINGTON POST A video shared on Twitter shows Democratic...

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As America Mourned 9/11, CEOs ...

Sep 11, 2016 by

As America Mourned 9/11, CEOs and Lobbyists Pounced on the Prospect of a Bonanza Born of the Tragedy

[Translate]   By Bill Moyers / Moyers and Company Gunnar Sigurður Zoega Guðmundsson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Before the terrorists...

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A Test of US Climate Leadershi...

Sep 11, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Mark Trahant, YES! Magazine | My ears perked up when I heard that Hillary Clinton was giving a speech on American...

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Engineering ourselves against ...

Sep 10, 2016 by

Engineering ourselves against terror attacks: How building design changed after 9/11

[Translate] Most buildings had been built with defenses against total collapse, but progressive collapse was poorly understood...

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FRANCE DECIDES TO OPT OUT OF V...

Sep 10, 2016 by

FRANCE DECIDES TO OPT OUT OF VACCINES

[Translate]   To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? The question that weighs heavily on the minds of so many parents as they’re guided or...

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THERE’S ONE UNFINISHED C...

Sep 9, 2016 by

[Translate] Robert Reich What can be done to deter pharmaceutical companies from jacking up prices of critical drugs? To prevent Wall...

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The right’s war on college: “S...

Sep 9, 2016 by

The right’s war on college: “Starving the Beast” exposes the fight to destroy America’s great public universities

[Translate] Why does college cost so much? Because the far right is trying to undermine or privatize state universities Andrew...

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Reports underline the suffocat...

Sep 9, 2016 by

Reports underline the suffocating influence of corporate America on politics and the tricks banks play on taxpayers

[Translate] Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com Topics: BANKS AND BANKING, Bill Clinton, BillMoyers.com, Campaign Finance Reform, CEO...

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167 Tiny Maps Tell the Major S...

Sep 9, 2016 by

167 Tiny Maps Tell the Major Story of Climate Change

[Translate] nvironment Together, they show unequivocally how much our planet has warmed over the past three decades. By Brian Kahn /...

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How the GOP Gamed the Voting S...

Sep 9, 2016 by

How the GOP Gamed the Voting System to Dominate and Why Elections Are an Anti-Democratic Mess

[Translate] The system indeed is rigged, but that doesn’t make elections impossible to win. By David Morris / AlterNet Photo Credit:...

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The World’s Biggest Scho...

Sep 9, 2016 by

The World’s Biggest School Meal Program Is Keeping Local Farmers in Business

[Translate] Food Emphasizing local food under a radical policy of “zero hunger,” Brazil’s school lunch initiative helps small farmers...

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The Air War Started on 9/11/20...

Sep 9, 2016 by

The Air War Started on 9/11/2001 Has Never Stopped—And the Carnage Is Huge

[Translate] World Suicidal hijackers are the most dangerous weapons. By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch   VIA ALTERNET Child wearing a...

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How the CIA Invented and Promo...

Sep 9, 2016 by

How the CIA Invented and Promoted ‘Conspiracy Theories’ to Discredit Controversial Views

[Translate] Conspiracy theories fill the news, labeled or not. By Ron Unz / Unz Review   VIA ALTERNET   Photo Credit: Image by...

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13 Academics Who Have Become S...

Sep 9, 2016 by

13 Academics Who Have Become Shills for Corporate Giants in the Food, Agrochemical and Fossil Fuel Industries

[Translate] Investigations Mounting evidence reveals that corporations are buying science and support from university professors. By...

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Electricity-Generating Windows...

Sep 9, 2016 by

[Translate] Business Wire In Brief SolarWindow has announced that they are working on transparent veneers that can be places on...

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RENOWNED HARVARD PSYCHOLOGIST ...

Sep 9, 2016 by

RENOWNED HARVARD PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS ADHD IS LARGELY A FRAUD

[Translate] September 9th, 2016 By Carolanne Wright  WAKE-UP WORLD.COM Contributing writer for Wake Up World Viewed by academics as...

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THE WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Sep 9, 2016 by

[Translate] The white elephant in the room.  Perhaps the number one issue facing a free and independent society is controlling the...

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