Fracking: health, environmental impact greater than claimed
The natural gas industry defends hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, as safe and efficient. Research studies and numerous incidents of water contamination prove otherwise.
Celebrating the life of Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune's commitment to the advancement of black women and indeed all women makes her a true American hero.
Irish debt and the heart of Saint O'Toole
Thereby hangs a typical Irish tale filled with metaphors, parallels, and some pretty serious weirdness.
Sugar: the toxic spoonful
The people who make Sugar Frosted Flakes were on to something when they dropped "sugar" from the name of their product.
Path to victory in 2012
Just consider the track record of the Grand Old Party over the last few months:
Senate leader Mitch McConnell: Marijuana use risks death
Has Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell been watching too many reruns of Reefer Madness?
"Levitated Mass": Art or environmental crime?
The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,
The new assault on affirmative action
Readers may be unaware that Communist trade unionists were pioneers in developing practical programs to integrate minorities and women into employment.
Foxconn and socialism in China
How can there be such abuses, and class conflicts, under socialism? Doesn't socialism promise and end to class conflict, and create a classless society?
The Vanishing City: a movie review
All of these communities have felt the impact and hardships of the city's re-zoning and development laws.
