I despair when I hear people talk about climate change in terms of failing ski resorts and longer growing seasons. The disconnect between the common perception of what climate change really is and what people think it means is truly terrifying. One of the unfortunate things about Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” is it led to [...]

To accept the ruse that Glenn Beck’s rally was religious, rather than political, is to miss the message Beck was sending entirely, as well as the basis of his ‘100 year plan.’ His theme of Faith, Hope, and Charity, was nothing more than a redressed version of his oft-repeated call for the drastic weakening of government and the elimination of all public funded, and public managed, social programs.

A group working to legalize marijuana in California will host Orange County’s first big medical marijuana expo today, featuring hemp products, speeches from activists and attorneys, and live reggae music. Up to 20,000 people are expected to attend the Know Your Rights Expo, across the street from Disneyland Resort, at the city-owned Anaheim Convention Center.

After reviewing several legal complaints filled by Roma associations and human rights groups, the UN’s anti-racism and discrimination Committee  will  send a letter to put pressure on the European Union to urgently address the situation of the Roma and the Travelers  in the context of France’s controversial collective deportation of Roma conducted by the Sarkozy [...]

Five years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast and New-Orleans have to deal with another large scale disaster ( in this case purely man-made) in the form of the BP oil spill. It seems that New-Orleans can not get a break, but again the Crescent City is far from being the only town at the epicenter [...]