Green Paper Choices for Magazines
A project of the nonprofit consumer group Co-Op America, the Printing Alternatives Promoting Environmental Responsibility (PAPER) Project educates magazine publishers about the benefits of recycled papers and helps them make the switch from less green paper choices.
Michigan Budget Crisis Hits Schools
Layoffs, program cuts, classroom consolidation, outsourcing, retirement buyouts, cutting health care and retirement benefits, and even bankruptcy are all on the table, said members of the School Board of Ypsilanti in a public meeting May 23 at Ypsilanti, Michigan's East Middle School.
Gun Policy, Lifestyle, and Violence in America
“A well regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” so declares the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which constitutes the basis of gun policy in this country.
Brights Lights, Big City
The glow of city lights blotting out stars in the night sky has frustrated many a stargazer, but recent studies have shown that “light pollution”--defined as excess or obtrusive light at night--can actually have serious health effects.
Talking about a revolution: Calls for action on global warming, inequality
The latest report of a world scientific panel on global warming has called for what amounts to a social revolution, one of the report’s authors said.
Atlanta: AHA Backtracks Some on Eviction Policies
The Atlanta Housing Authority has agreed to a more thorough review process of each family in public housing who is noncompliant with work requirements before forcing them onto the streets.
Student Strikes Protest Education Cuts
Two students were taken to hospital for treatment and dozens of student protesters were arrested yesterday night in Jerusalem (Thursday, May 10) during protests over proposed education 'reforms.'
Castro on Biofuels: The Debate Heats Up
Capitalism is preparing to perpetrate a massive euthanasia on the poor, and particularly on the poor of the South, since it is there that the greatest reserves of the earth's biomass required to produce biofuels are found.
Winning Healthcare for Everybody NOW
We are trained to accept crumbs when our nation can really afford to provide the greatest healthcare system in the world to all of our people without spending an additional dollar.
Lawmakers Urge Putting Kids' Health Care First
An influential lawmaker in the new House Democratic majority urged advocates of government-run single-payer universal health care coverage to concentrate on kids’ care first.
