A Freethinker Halloween
With the rates of obesity and diabetes skyrocketing nationally and the number of kids going hungry in Mesa County at […]
Children
Anti-Tobacco Activist Patrick Reynolds’ Epic Fail
On November 2, 1995 prominent anti-tobacco activist Patrick Cleveland Reynolds, the grandson of Richard Joshua Reynolds, Jr. (founder of the R.J.
Children, Economics, Ethics, Health care, Human rights, Insurance, politics, Poverty
Poor and Uninsured in Texas? Tough Luck, Says Gov. Rick Perry
Texas is number one in the country for people without health insurance. Fully one quarter of Texans have no health
Memo Exposes Huge PR Campaign to Attack Wind and Solar Industries
A group of energy industry-affiliated, right-wing groups is readying a massive PR plan to try and turn American public opinion
Citizens Battle Telecomm Lobby in DeKalb County, Georgia
After residents of DeKalb County, Georgia actively opposed plans by T-Mobile and AT&T to build telecommunications towers on the grounds
Philip Morris and Monsanto Sued over Birth Defects in Tobacco Farmers’ Children
Tobacco farmers in Argentina filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Monsanto and Philip Morris for requiring them to use herbicides and pesticides
Wave of Aggressive Parenting Linked to “Baby on Board” Car Signs
A traditional Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs was canceled due to large numbers of aggressive parents who insisted on