As we reach the centennial of World War I's commencement, it's hard for me to see it as anything but one of the stupidest events in modern history. And I use the word "stupid" with great intention, as the lead-up to the war after Franz...
Author: Erik Loomis
I used to think opossums were kind of nasty. It's not their fault, they are just kind of ugly. Then I was walking on the campus of the University of.
While we all know of the environmental disaster that is China and the huge problems the Chinese government has had in managing that pollution, especially given the emphasis it places.
Back in the Gilded Age, every strike, every worker movement, every bit of organizing was seen by the plutocrats as the coming of a revolution that would kill them all. See the response to the Tompkins Square unemployment marches, which the rich saw as the...
I saw Lonnie Holley open for Bill Callahan in October. I had never heard of him before. I looked him up and found out he was some kind of artist.
It's entirely likely that if the United States government ever does anything about climate change, it's going to be spurred by corporations worried about how it will affect their future.
The Republican Party's message to women has really improved. So much evidence. Exhibit A: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said that the government shouldn't help women who can't control their "libido or their reproductive system" by providing co-pay-free birth control and that Democrats are...
If you wanted to develop a corporation that personified evil, you couldn't do better than Freedom Industries: Federal and state officials were scrambling today following the surprise disclosure on Tuesday.
The situation for rhinos in southern Africa is grim indeed.
Bayer CEO Marjin Dekkers: Natco Pharma Ltd. (NTCPH) applied directly to India’s patents office and was awarded the nation’s first compulsory license in March 2012 to make a copy of Bayer’s Nexavar cancer drug at a 97 percent discount to the original product. In March...
I know it doesn't seem that way right now for many of us in the east, but the climate continues to warm. 2013 was the 4th warmest year on record..
I was feeling pretty hopeless about the forthcoming Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn, which challenges the constitutionality of states signing closed shop contracts with public sector unions. If.