Blood Dolphins shines light on dolphin's plight
When animal rights activist Ric O'Barry made the academy award winning documentary "The Cove" he assumed the international spotlight would finally put an end to dolphin hunting. Not so.
What catastrophe are we waiting for?
Global climate change is putting humanity's most basic, most elemental needs increasingly at risk.
Americans are dying to eat
Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
Cheers and jeers, from the Gulf to the Vatican
A lot of jeers - for BP, CEOs and Vatican officials - and some cheers too.
Oops, they did it again
For all their presumed political prowess and message discipline, the Republicans have a habit of very bad timing when it comes to policy proposals.
Why BP’s U.S. operations should be nationalized - now
Stopping the spill, and beginning recovery, is beyond the capacity of a private corporation.
Unwinding the BP spin
British Petroleum is now putting a special spin on the crisis caused by the explosion of its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico - and it's the most revolting spin yet.
The Gulf clean up and jobs
I think MSNBC's Chris Matthews was right in calling for the creation of a Civilian Conservation Corp to put thousands of young people to work cleaning up the Gulf.
BP and disaster capitalism
A Gulf Coast disaster has again shocked an entire nation. The callous corporate disregard for safety, workers' lives and environmental devastation is infuriating and mind-boggling.
Democratize this!
Why should we, the people, continue to have to shell out for these private-profit-driven corporations? It's disaster capitalism! It's time for the people to run things.
