“Living in a mountaintop mining area was a bigger risk for birth defects than smoking.”–Dr. Michael Hendryx, West Virginia…
Did Arizona Education Chief Huppenthal Commit a Felony in Growing Ethnic Studies Scandal?
While the occasional spasms of extremist rhetoric and legislative initiative are often dismissed as nutty episodes in Arizona Gone…
Arizona’s Witch Hunt of Mexican/Ethnic Studies Begins This Week?
Only days after the Arizona state legislature voted for punishing budget cuts in education, the now infamous witch hunt…
Tim DeChristopher Deserves the Medal of Freedom, Not a Prison Sentence
When President Obama conferred the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal on several American heroes yesterday,…
Governor’s Sit-In Day Two: Why Kentucky Can’t Wait
As the nation’s beloved author/farmer philosopher Wendell Berry settled his 76-year-old lanky frame onto the floor of Kentucky Gov.…
Yes, Virginia, This Dirty Coal Bill is a Bad Bar Room Romance–and the Nation is Watching
Taking their cue from the widely disgraced West Virginia politicos and Big Coal lobbyists, some legislators in Virginia are…
Big Coal’s Watergate? Nation Watches as Clean Water Act Scandal Rocks Kentucky Court Today
Clean water advocates and concerned citizens across the nation will be monitoring a blockbuster Kentucky court case today, which…
The States of Dis-Union: Will Arizona and West Virginia Join the President or Secede?
As President Obama calls on the nation to “come together as a people, Republicans, Democrats, Independents,” and “find common…
This article was originally published on CommonDreams.org from The Nation. Just days before the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona’s…
EPA Vetoes Largest Mountaintop Removal Permit: New Era of Civility in the Coalfields?
It’s been a long time coming. Now it’s final. Lisa Jackson and the EPA have gone to the mountaintop…
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