Stories by * Staff

Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies

Beck's unbridled ignorance and confidence in his own manipulative half-truths and lies make him the most dangerously effective misinformer of 2009.
Posted on Dec 22, 2009, Source: Media Matters for America

12 Hilarious Corporate Attempts to Look Green

Don't be fooled. Hummers and McDonald's aren't "green." Neither are fossil fuels or Fox News, for that matter.
Posted on Dec 15, 2009, Source: WebEcoist

12 Crazy Futuristic Water Buildings That May Help Humans Survive Climate Change Catastrophe

Twelve prototype habitats are making a convincing argument for mankind's offshore living.
Posted on Dec 10, 2009, Source: WebEcoist

Dems Have a Huge Day with Latinos

Republican strategists realize the party has little hope of winning a national election without a dramatic improvement among that growing voter group.
Posted on Jul 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet

New Threat on the Border: Rogue Anti-Immigrant Militias

“I had to take an oath, and part of the oath was that I couldn’t eat Mexican food.”
Posted on Jun 29, 2009, Source: AlterNet

China Looking at Major Health Reforms

The first stage of the plan calls for extending some form of basic health insurance to 90 percent of the population by the end of 2011.
Posted on Apr 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Giving Back

This year some young people are volunteering the time would normally have spent shopping. Here's a short list of ideas and resources from WireTap.
Posted on Dec 18, 2001, Source: WireTap

Chaos Erupts

Correspondents in New York and Washington report from the streets.
Posted on Sep 11, 2001, Source: Salon

Supreme Court Hands Presidency to Bush

The most extraordinary struggle over a presidential election in this century ends with a whimper and a divided Supreme Court.
Posted on Dec 13, 2000, Source: Salon

Sobriety High

After being addicted to drugs and alcohol since she was 11 -- resulting in placements at a girls' correctional center and a foster home -- 16 year-old Becky Clark asked to be sent to Sobriety High.
Posted on May 1, 2000, Source: American News Service

Corruption Perception Index #6

Bizarre, outrageous and downright hilarious statistics about dirty money in politics. This week: The cash behind the Elian scandal.
Posted on May 1, 2000, Source: Public Campaign