Robert Reich | On Patriotism
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Real patriotism is not cheap. It requires taking on a fair share of the burdens of keeping America going - being willing to pay taxes in full rather than seeking tax loopholes and squirreling away money abroad."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Real patriotism is not cheap. It requires taking on a fair share of the burdens of keeping America going - being willing to pay taxes in full rather than seeking tax loopholes and squirreling away money abroad."
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Drought-Stricken California Farmers Forced to Use Oil Firms' Waste Water on Crops
Veronique Dupont, Agence France-Presse
Dupont writes: "An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil? That's the question being raised by critics about Californian farmers who irrigate their crops with waste water supplied by oil companies, in an arrangement slammed as dangerous by environmental campaigners."
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Veronique Dupont, Agence France-Presse
Dupont writes: "An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil? That's the question being raised by critics about Californian farmers who irrigate their crops with waste water supplied by oil companies, in an arrangement slammed as dangerous by environmental campaigners."
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Barbara Kingsolver | A View From the South: Let the Confederate Flag Go
Barbara Kingsolver, Guardian UK
Kingsolver writes: "My little town is proud to have reared citizens like Carolee, an honour student and star athlete who offers a helping hand to anyone she meets. She wears her blonde hair in a ponytail and a delicate tattoo on her wrist. It's the Confederate battle flag."
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Barbara Kingsolver, Guardian UK
Kingsolver writes: "My little town is proud to have reared citizens like Carolee, an honour student and star athlete who offers a helping hand to anyone she meets. She wears her blonde hair in a ponytail and a delicate tattoo on her wrist. It's the Confederate battle flag."
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Koch-Backed Group Calls for No More National Parks
Claire Moser, ThinkProgress
Moser writes: "Just in time for the Fourth of July - when millions of people across the country will visit America's national parks and other public lands - the Koch brothers are rolling out their latest campaign against these treasured places: pushing for no more national parks."
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Claire Moser, ThinkProgress
Moser writes: "Just in time for the Fourth of July - when millions of people across the country will visit America's national parks and other public lands - the Koch brothers are rolling out their latest campaign against these treasured places: pushing for no more national parks."
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Obama Administration Scales Back Deportations in Policy Shift
Jerry Markon, The Washington Post
Markon writes: "The Obama administration has begun a profound shift in its enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, aiming to hasten the integration of long-term illegal immigrants into society rather than targeting them for deportation, according to documents and federal officials."
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Jerry Markon, The Washington Post
Markon writes: "The Obama administration has begun a profound shift in its enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, aiming to hasten the integration of long-term illegal immigrants into society rather than targeting them for deportation, according to documents and federal officials."
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How the Food Industry Uses Covert Tactics to Shape Public Opinion
Anne Lappe, Al Jazeera America
Lappe writes: "While food industry spin is not new, we're seeing an unprecedented level of spending and deployment of an ever wider array of PR tactics. We argue this rise of industrial food spin is a direct response to mounting public concerns about industrial agriculture as well as a growing interest in sustainable food and groundswell for organic products."
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Anne Lappe, Al Jazeera America
Lappe writes: "While food industry spin is not new, we're seeing an unprecedented level of spending and deployment of an ever wider array of PR tactics. We argue this rise of industrial food spin is a direct response to mounting public concerns about industrial agriculture as well as a growing interest in sustainable food and groundswell for organic products."
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People Power Shut the Door on Fracking in the UK
Fiona Harvey, Guardian UK
Harvey writes: "Relentless local protests and a damning report have dealt a double blow to a fledgling fracking industry, but the companies aren't going to go away."
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Fiona Harvey, Guardian UK
Harvey writes: "Relentless local protests and a damning report have dealt a double blow to a fledgling fracking industry, but the companies aren't going to go away."
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