health
Dickens “more relevant than ever” in Britain
February 7, 2012On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, his biographer Claire Tomalin warned that the great novelist's depiction of injustice in society was still "amazingly relevant."
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Bayer’s ill-gotten factory farming profits
February 6, 2012There are potentially lethal strains of bacteria, traced to antibiotics produced by pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, present in pork, beef, and poultry
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Komen vs. Planned Parenthood: another attack on women
February 2, 2012It's disturbing that the Komen Foundation has bowed to the Republican right in pulling its funding for Planned Parenthood's breast cancer prevention services.
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Pythons invading Everglades, hunting animals to extinction
February 1, 2012"Last October, we found a 50-foot snake with an 80-pound doe inside it."
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Mexico’s oil spill: another month for cleanup
January 17, 2012Two weeks ago, a pipeline leak in coastal Mexico sent oil gushing into Coatzacoalcos River.
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