The six U.S. nuclear power plants most likely to shut down
From Grist: http://grist.org/news/the-six-u-s-nuclear-power-plants-most-likely-to-shut-down/ By John Upton 13 Nov 2013 The nuclear power industry is melting down in America, and in the rest of the...
View ArticleWalmart meets backlash over earlier Thanksgiving day opening
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/12/walmart-backlash-thanksgiving-day-opening Retail giant will open stores at 6pm on Thanksgiving, two hours earlier than 2012...
View ArticleDeveloping: Earthquake Hits Japan Amid Fukushima Fuel Rod Removal
From Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/18-6 The U.S. Geological Survey says earthquake has 5.7 magnitude, with details still unfolding Common Dreams staff Published on...
View ArticleWomen Lead the Way in Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20047-women-lead-the-way-in-sustainable-and-organic-agriculture By Eleanor J Bader Sunday, 17 November 2013 According to the US Department of...
View ArticleThe Insanity of Our Food Policy
From The New York Times: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/the-insanity-of-our-food-policy/?_r=0 By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ November 16, 2013 American food policy has long been rife with...
View ArticleEight more U.S. coal generators bite the dust
From Grist: http://grist.org/news/eight-more-u-s-coal-generators-bite-the-dust/ By John Upton 18 Nov 2013 he Tennessee Valley Authority plans to shut down eight of its coal-burning generating stations...
View ArticleFossil Fuels Receive $500 Billion A Year In Government Subsidies Worldwide
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/07/2908361/rich-countries-fossil-fuel-subsidies/ By Emily Atkin November 7, 2013 Producers of oil, gas and coal received more than $500...
View ArticleProgressive women will get their revenge on Karl Rove
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/18/progressive_women_will_get_their_revenge_on_karl_rove/ Conservatives mock Wendy Davis and other Texas women for ties to national feminists, but we’ll have...
View ArticleSwedish cinemas take aim at gender bias with Bechdel test rating
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias Movies need to pass test that gauges the active presence of women on screen in bid to...
View ArticleWalmart Holding Canned Food Drive For Its Own Underpaid Employees
From Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/18/2960371/walmart-food-drive/ By Scott Keyes November 18, 2013 A Walmart in northeast Ohio is holding a holiday canned food drive — for...
View ArticleVaginas Are Like “Little Hoover Vacuums,” and Other Things Abstinence...
From Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/11/abstinence-speakers-public-schools-lookadoo By Dana Liebelson Mon Nov. 18, 2013 I went to public high school in Montana, where at least...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Selfishness in American Christianity
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/belief/gospel-selfishness-american-christianity How the philosophers of selfishness came to use Christianity as their cover story. By Amanda Marcotte November...
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty is the complete opposite of ‘free trade’
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/19/trans-pacific-partnership-corporate-usurp-congress The TPP would strip our constitutional rights, while offering no gains for...
View ArticleThe rise of the far right: a European problem requiring European solutions
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/15/far-right-rise-european-marine-le-pen-geert-wilders As Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders unite to wreck the EU, the left must...
View ArticleBorder Patrol International: “The American Homeland Is the Planet”
From Truth Out: http://truth-out.org/news/item/20144-border-patrol-international-the-american-homeland-is-the-planet By Todd Miller Tuesday, 19 November 2013 It isn’t exactly the towering 20-foot wall...
View ArticleGOP’s newest demented crusade: War on mothers
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/11/gops_newest_demented_crusade_war_on_mothers/ A Bush and Romney economic adviser compares having a baby with buying a Porsche. They can’t be this dumb, can...
View ArticleOh, noes!!! Transgender teachers!
From Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253257/-Oh-noes-Transgender-teachers rserven Tue Nov 05, 2013 The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack couldn’t resist. In the face of the...
View ArticleFamily Research Council relying on an outdated, flawed study to smear lgbt...
From Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com/2013/11/family-research-council-relying-on.html#.UoxGHOJ1Epn Alvin McEwen Monday, November 18, 2013 Reposted...
View ArticleWhat the National Organization for Marriage’s Shift to Trans-Bashing Means
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelangelo-signorile/national-organization-for-marriage-trans-bashing_b_4255536.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices Michelangelo Signorile 11/12/2013 The...
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