Consumers of the world, unite! You know you’re going to buy stuff, so why not use your buying power to send a message to
Author: Renee Shur
UN Treaty on Disability Rights: Obama says yes; so should Congress
Perhaps you haven’t noticed. Our current president is an unwavering optimist. Whether we see Obama’s optimism as a character trait or a belief system
No milk in the dairy case? Climate change is to blame.
If you think the effects of climate change on our food supply are something only our children or grandchildren will have to deal with,
Satire: Finding truth in a land of lies
Would you like to visit a far away place called the Land of Truth? If the answer is yes, you may discover it’s not
Science supports climate change reality: It’s time for the media to get on board
How times change. It seems just yesterday when Al Gore was being vilified as America’s über-exaggerator for his warning in 2006 of the coming
The Republican wrecking ball
“I came in like a wrecking ball Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung Left me crashing in a blazing fall” Do
Elizabeth Warren: Straight talk about the Republican shutdown
Eleven days and counting into the government shutdown, here’s Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren on day three channeling anger, disappointment, and utter incredulousness at the
Read me another: Children’s literature for politicians
Recently the American people were treated to a moment of sweet absurdity on the floor of the United States Senate. You know what I’m
Teasing out the knots. Connecting up the dots: Sen. Warren on the government shutdown
Sometimes it seems that contemporary American politics and the sometimes upside-down policies of our dysfunctional Congress are so entangled and opaque that it’s impossible
Where your electronic waste goes: A ruined city in Ghana called “Agbogbloshie”
Agbogbloshie. Does the name mean anything to you? Probably not. But it should. Agbogbloshie is hardly a household word. It doesn’t exactly roll off