Dark Secret of World Water Day: Coal-Fired Plants Drink 1.5 Trillion Gallons, Then We Drink Backwash
Here’s a sobering fact on World Water Day: Coal-fired power plants use approximately 1.5 trillion gallons of water a…
The Indypendent
Here’s a sobering fact on World Water Day: Coal-fired power plants use approximately 1.5 trillion gallons of water a…
FRI MAR 19 7pm • Free EXHIBITION: IDES OF MARCH ABC No Rio’s seventh biennial “Ides of March” Exhibition…
On the Ground in Haiti: Hell and Hope
Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The…
Interview: Haitian Community Activist Jean Montrevil Released from Detention
On Jan. 24, long-time community activist Jean Montrevil was released after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Can a Social Justice Candidate Win an Election in the ‘New’ New Orleans?
On New Year’s Eve in 2004, nine months before Hurricane Katrina hit, bouncers in the Bourbon Street club Razzoo’s…
When Scholars Join the Slaughter in Iraq and Afghanistan
A core tenet of the Obama administration’s plans for “victory” in Iraq and Afghanistan is an increased reliance on…
The Historic Cost of the State of the Union: Mr. President, Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal
While President Obama addresses the U.S. Congress in his historic State of the Union tonight, our nation will sit…
Reports back from the Gaza Freedom March
After more than half a century of intransigent injustice, the Palestine/Israel “conflict”—or “disaster,” or whatever you want to call…
Obama’s Half-Baked Bank Reform
Seeing Paul Volcker, former Fed Chair and chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, lord over President Obama yesterday…
“Change” is Not Changing Enough: Unraveling Scott Brown’s Victory
Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts is the latest object of media frenzy. There is no shortage of Democratic allies…