http://www.greenchange.org/ Green Change is a community of people with Green values: justice, grassroots democracy, sustainability and non-violence. http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5939 <div class="text blurb">Today, Green Change started a campaign to revoke the corporate charter of BP America Inc., the company responsible for the catastrophic oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. </div> Wed, 16 Jun 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5939 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5830 <div class="text blurb">The selection of Elena Kagan extends a quarter-century pattern in which Democratic presidents pick moderate candidates who often disappoint their liberal base.</div> Mon, 10 May 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5830 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5698 <div class="text blurb">Is it possible India's parliament and German industry have something to teach us in the struggle for women's equality? India's upper parliament voted this month to require that one-third of seats be reserved for women.</div> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5698 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5683 <div class="text blurb">Even while Obama was saying that he thought a public option was a good idea and encouraging supporters to believe his healthcare plan would include one, he had promised for-profit hospital lobbyists that there would be no public option in the final bill.</div> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5683 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5628 <div class="text blurb">Even as many Americans still struggle to recover from the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, another crisis -- one that will be even worse than the current one -- is looming, according to a new report from a group of leading economists, financiers, and former federal regulators.</div> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5628 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5606 <div class="text blurb">"There are diseases that are increasing in the population that we have no known cause for," said Alan M. Goldberg, a professor of toxicology ...at Johns Hopkins University. "Breast cancer, prostate cancer, autism are three examples. The potential is for these diseases to be on the rise because of chemicals in the environment."</div> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5606 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5600 <div class="text blurb">The White House made it official on Tuesday: the president doesn't think the votes are there to get a public option passed through reconciliation and consequently won't make a push to include or pass the provision. </div> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5600 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5595 <div class="text blurb">"If this $15 billion was the only thing [that passed], that would be like having an amputated arm and sticking a Band-Aid on the end of it," said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, on a conference call Friday.</div> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5595 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5584 <div class="text blurb">There's a problem with the bipartisan jobs bill emerging in the Senate: It won't create many jobs.</div> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5584 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5570 <div class="text blurb">While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer.</div> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5570 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5562 <div class="text blurb">From anxiety and hormonal disorders to high blood pressure and type II diabetes, doctors are treating boys and girls for numerous medical conditions that were once uncommon or never seen in children - and many are preventable.</div> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5562 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5548 <div class="text blurb">Obama's State of the Union message offered little that was new, bold, or inspiring. He spoke about the need for jobs, but avoided any specific proposals for creating them.</div> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5548 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5534 <div class="text blurb">The Supreme Court's ruling Thursday undercutting a ban on corporate political spending that had been in place for more than a century has left abortion-rights supporters jittery that the justices could be similarly prepared to upend the landmark Roe v. Wade decision the court handed down 37 years ago this week. </div> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5534 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5527 <div class="text blurb">Although the FBI has acknowledged it improperly obtained thousands of Americans' phone records for years, the Obama administration continues to assert that the bureau can obtain them without any formal legal process or court oversight. </div> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5527 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5507 <div class="text blurb">Eight in 10 Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use and nearly half favor decriminalizing the drug more generally, both far higher than a decade ago. </div> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=5507