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 -
By Earl O
November 25, 2009 -
You know that $300 million for Louisiana in the Senate health bill that has caused right-wing pundits to call Sen. Mary Landrieu a "prostitute" and worse -- and attempt to discredit the Democrats' health reform bill?
November 25, 2009 -
While its mythology might lead us to imagine America has been celebrating it ever since the Pilgrims joined with their Indian neighbors to throw a feast of gratitude after surviving a brutal winter, Thanksgiving as a national U.S. holiday is actually a more recent tradition — first proclaimed by President Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War.
