Health
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New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant (Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa)
May 26, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said Thursday, in a new ...
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10 Steps to Defeat the Corporatocracy (Bruce E. Levine)
May 23, 2011 (AlterNet) -- Many Americans know that the United States is not a democracy but a "corporatocracy," in which we are ruled by a partnership of giant corporations, the extremely wealthy ...
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That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head (McMaster University)
McMaster research finds link between gut bacteria and behaviour May 17, 2011 -- HAMILTON, Ont. (McMasters University) -- For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive ...
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Fukushima's Apocalyptic Threat Demands Immediate Global Action (Harvey Wasserman)
May 20, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Fukushima may be in an apocalyptic downward spiral. Forget the corporate-induced media coma that says otherwise… or nothing at all. Lethal radiation is spewing ...
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Single-Payer Health: It's Only Fair (Bernie Sanders)
U.S. health care is grossly distorted by waste and profit, while millions go uninsured. Americans deserve full universal coverage May 10, 2011 (The Guardian/UK) -- The United States is the only ...
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Human Intelligence and the Environment (Noam Chomsky)
May 10, 2011 (International Socialist Review) -- I’ll begin with an interesting debate that took place some years ago between Carl Sagan, the well-known astrophysicist, and Ernst Mayr, the grand old ...
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The Five Most Significant Actions You Can Take To Protect Yourself From The Earth's No. 1 Killer (Millie Bruce)
Millie Bruce -- World News Trust May 14, 2011 -- For men and women of all ages, coronary disease is considered the No. 1 killer. It kills more people than ALL different types of cancer joined ...
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Earthlings Unite? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "In a world where everything is living, nothing can be thrown away. Where would you throw it to?" --Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree May 10, 2011 -- It is the duty ...
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Peak Psychotherapy, Abundant Human Connection (Carolyn Baker)
We cannot be cured apart from the planet --James Hillman May 1, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) -- In a world of unprecedented resource depletion, climate change, and economic catastrophe unseen ...
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Fukushima Reactors Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Japanese Govt in Denial (Michio Kaku)
Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails." Democracy Now Apr. 13, 2011 AMY ...
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