Epidemic? Half of US Teens ‘Meet Criteria for Mental Disorder’ (Agence France-Presse)

Oct. 16, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Around half of U.S. teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with d ...

Nine Months After the Quake - a Million Haitians Slowly Dying (Bill Quigley)

Oct. 11, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- "If it gets any worse," said Wilda, a homeless Haitian mother, "we're not going to survive." Mothers and grandmothers surrounding her nodded solemnly. We ...

US Healthcare 'to Blame' for Poor Life Expectancy Rates (BBC)

Oct. 10, 2010 (BBC) -- The U.S. healthcare system is to blame for declines in the country's life expectancy ranking, a study suggests. The Columbia University report rejects claims that factors such ...

Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Agence France-Presse)

Oct. 10, 2010 -- KABUL (Agence France-Presse) -- Scarred by decades of war, social problems and poverty, more than 60 percent of Afghans suffer from stress disorders and mental health problems, a top ...

Panel: Gov't blocked scientists on spill estimate (Dina Cappiello)

Oct. 7, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and committed other missteps that r ...

Daschle Admits -- Then Denies -- That White House Agreed With Industry To Scrap Public Option (Brian Beutler)

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle acknowledged that the public option didn't survive the health care debate because of a "understanding" that the White House reached with health care industry ...

One in 28 US Kids Has a Parent in Prison: Study (Daniel Tencer)

Oct. 1, 2010 (Raw Story) -- The United States' exceptionally high rate of incarceration is causing economic damage not only to the people behind bars but to their children and taxpayers as a whole, a ...

Animal Rights/Vegan Issues: Where's the Left? (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 17, 2010 -- In a recent article, I discussed how America’s top liberal (sic) eco-spokesperson, Al Gore, conveniently ignores the primary cause of climate change: f ...

Homophobia, Religion, And The Collapse Of Industrial Civilization (Carolyn Baker)

Oct. 3, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- His face is everywhere-on the internet, on TV, and throughout print media -- that gentle, timid, barely-smiling young man with red hair, glasses, and a prodigious t ...

'Good Food,' A Movement, Not Just A Movie (Carolyn Baker)

WATCH TRAILER Sept. 22, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- While the movie "Good Food" spotlights organic farming in America's Pacific Northwest, if you've been paying any attention to the mood of consumers ...

Integrity Failure: BP Shifts Blame for Deepwater Horizon Disaster (Lindsay Beyerstein)

An oil slick reaches shore July 4 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Millions of gallons spilled into the Gulf since the April 20 Deepwater Horizon disaster. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Sept. 9, 2010 (In Th ...