ALL POSTS BY Guest Contributor
- January 29, 2015A new documentary about the genesis of Greenpeace chronicles how a small group of people trying to save the whales from extinction grew into a massive environmental movement.
- January 29, 2015Local prosecutors end up being responsible for most of the exonerations.
- January 29, 2015As we remember Howard Zinn five years after his passing, let’s count him among the many social justice heroes and teachers who offer proof that people’s efforts make a difference — that ordinary people can change the world.
- January 28, 2015Between over-fishing and habitat destruction, the oceans may be on the brink of their own extinction catastrophe.
- January 28, 2015Forget lobbying. When Washington, DC’s biggest trade associations want to wield influence, they often put far more of their money into advertising and public relations.
- January 28, 2015These policies could be pursued immediately, improving the lives and futures of millions of children and eventually saving taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
- January 27, 2015It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that's not the most insane fact about the hedge-fund-fueled race to plant thirsty trees in the middle of a catastrophic drought.
- January 27, 2015President Obama’s administration moved to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, one of the most wild and remote areas in the world.
- January 27, 2015A new presidential initiative holds a lot of promise for Native American youth who face more barriers to success than almost any other group in the country.
- January 27, 2015Let's end the spectacle of highly paid people, subsidized with our tax dollars, pondering the problem of inequality.