New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant (Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa)

May 26, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said Thursday, in a new s ...

10 Steps to Defeat the Corporatocracy (Bruce E. Levine)

May 23, 2011 (AlterNet) -- Many Americans know that the United States is not a democracy but a "corporatocracy," in which we are ruled by a partnership of giant corporations, the extremely wealthy el ...

That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head (McMaster University)

McMaster research finds link between gut bacteria and behaviour May 17, 2011 -- HAMILTON, Ont. (McMasters University) -- For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidenc ...

Fukushima's Apocalyptic Threat Demands Immediate Global Action (Harvey Wasserman)

May 20, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Fukushima may be in an apocalyptic downward spiral. Forget the corporate-induced media coma that says otherwise… or nothing at all. Lethal radiation is spewing unab ...

VIDEO: How much radiation is hitting North America from Fukushima? Quite a lot, apparently (dutchsinse)

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Single-Payer Health: It's Only Fair (Bernie Sanders)

U.S. health care is grossly distorted by waste and profit, while millions go uninsured. Americans deserve full universal coverage May 10, 2011 (The Guardian/UK) -- The United States is the only major ...

Human Intelligence and the Environment (Noam Chomsky)

May 10, 2011 (International Socialist Review) -- I’ll begin with an interesting debate that took place some years ago between Carl Sagan, the well-known astrophysicist, and Ernst Mayr, the grand old ...

The Five Most Significant Actions You Can Take To Protect Yourself From The Earth's No. 1 Killer (Millie Bruce)

Millie Bruce -- World News Trust May 14, 2011 -- For men and women of all ages, coronary disease is considered the No. 1 killer. It kills more people than ALL different types of cancer joined togethe ...

Earthlings Unite? (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "In a world where everything is living, nothing can be thrown away. Where would you throw it to?" --Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree May 10, 2011 -- It is the duty ...

Peak Psychotherapy, Abundant Human Connection (Carolyn Baker)

We cannot be cured apart from the planet --James Hillman May 1, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) -- In a world of unprecedented resource depletion, climate change, and economic catastrophe unseen since ...

Fukushima Reactors Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Japanese Govt in Denial (Michio Kaku)

Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails." Democracy Now Apr. 13, 2011 AMY GOODMAN: Jap ...