by Our Readers | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Do Nonprofits’ “Gifts” Help the Community? Stephanie Kraft’s article in Imperium Watch, “Beware of Corporations Bearing Gifts” (February 28, 2013), was interesting but overlooked an aspect of corporate “philanthropy”:...
by Andrew Lam | Mar 18, 2013 | News
A meteor estimated by NASA to weigh 10 tons exploded the morning of Feb. 15 over Russia’s Ural region, and its shock wave caused injuries to more than 1,000 people. It took out windows and walls in the city of Chelyabinsk. And it temporarily shifted the...
by Pete Redington | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Bread and Puppet Theatre lends its legendary hand in the effort to close Vermont Yankee by leading a parade through Brattleboro on March 30 with the Safe and Green Campaign. The march marks the one-year anniversary since the nuclear facility continued operation...
by Pete Redington | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Outdoor gear supplier Adventure Outfitters, a mainstay in the Valley for over 30 years and a regular recipient of the Advocate’s Best Of Award, is going out of business. One of the few independent outdoor retailers remaining in the Valley, owner Michael Zabre...
by Stephanie Kraft | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Last week saw newly minted Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) taking a lick at corrupt financial bigwigs once again, this time by shaking an angry finger at Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC) for involvement with money tainted by narco deals and murder....