Thursday, September 18, 2025

Flint’s Crisis Is About More Than Water

The thousands of Michigan children who were knowingly poisoned were victims of an American moral malaise: Our nation has bred generations of bureaucrats who are blind to values other than self-advancement and profit.
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VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Talks About Her Plan to Get People to Accept GMOs

Watch Hillary Clinton explain at a Biotech convention her plan to change the narrative of how GMOs are promoted to the public in order to get their support.

Newly Released Study Shows Tie Between Fracking Water and Earthquakes

The new study shows that wastewater disposal, when injected into wells underground, can cause a build up of pressure that can lead to earthquakes.

What Role Were You Born to Play in Social Change?

Bill Moyer's Four Roles of Social Activism is a powerful tool that clarifies how we work for change on two levels: individually and organizationally.

The Sanders Sensation

Bernie’s people-powered movement has already shattered one of the Democratic establishment’s holy myths.

Wall Street CEO Calls Bernie Sanders ‘Dangerous’

The CEO of Goldman Sachs says that not only is Bernie Sanders a "liability" but that his campaign has "the potential to be a dangerous moment."

Emails Reveal Martin Shkreli Raised Drug Prices Purely For Profit

"These new documents provide a rare, inside look at the motivations and tactics of drug company executives."

The Pipeline Strikes Back: The Audacity of TransCanada’s $15B Suit Against the U.S.

The political saga of the Keystone XL pipeline is like a real-life version of The Force Awakens. So why are we giving the Dark Side even more power?

What Really Poisoned the Water in Flint, Michigan

Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.

The Bernie Campaign: The Democratic Party’s Biggest Insurrection in Decades

Genuinely progressive candidates can inspire and galvanize -- and sometimes they can even win. But election campaigns, especially national ones, are almost always boom/bust.