Environment
Factory farming: Torture with a side of pollution
January 2, 2013Most factory farms are controversial enough in the way that animals are handled there.
Read more10 favorite food websites in 2012
December 27, 2012All things relating to the food we eat: where is comes from, who does the work, what are the issues and what we can do to be informed and take action.
Read moreForget Mayan calendar: Climate change is real doomsday threat
December 21, 2012But you don't have to look very far to find credible doomsday predictions based on the ever more detailed and dire scientific studies and reports.
Read moreGoogle-funded spy tech to prey on poachers
December 18, 2012Both surveillance technology and Google have generated controversyt. But in opposition to the growing international threat of poaching, however, many feel they can be put to good use.
Read morePickets protest Murray Energy layoffs
December 18, 2012Activists picketed the corporate headquarters of Murray Energy in this Cleveland suburb Dec. 17 protesting the anti-labor and right-wing policies of company owner Robert E. Murray.
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