December 2, 2009 -
Health reform is getting all the attention, but remember the banking and economic crisis? Next week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on several proposed reforms. The Center for Media and Democracy's Bankster website is encouraging citizens to tell Congress about their desire for reform: While it may it be a wonderful life for the big banks on Wall Street,here on Main Street too many of us are struggling this holiday season.The financial sector has collapsed the economy - gifting us with
December 2, 2009 -
A new report from Environment America finds that the nation's power plants are dirty as well as old -- and that those two characteristics tend to go hand in hand.
December 1, 2009 -
President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech to the nation tonight from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in which he's expected to announce he's sending up to 35,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
November 30, 2009 -
An 81-year-old activist will begin a fast today at the West Virginia State Capitol in an effort to end mountaintop removal coal mining.
November 30, 2009 -
The New York Times ran an eye-opening story this weekend about the 36 million people in this country who depend on food stamps:
November 30, 2009 -
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