by Maureen Turner | Jun 30, 2009 | News
A new state law that went into effect in January ensures that mothers have a right to breastfeed their children in public, without harassment or discrimination. But that doesn't mean everyone knows about or understands the new law, as a recent, much-covered case...
by Mark Roessler | Jun 30, 2009 | News
Firecrackers were my first illicit vice.Long before porn, drink or drugs, at 11 or 12, I was shelling out cold hard cash for things that went ka-blam in the night. I gave my few crumpled dollars to kids a lot older than me who were both allowed to head into New York...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jul 16, 2009 | News
As protests in Peru quiet down after its legislature revoked trade rules that would have opened the way for logging and mining in the high Amazon country (see Imperium Watch, July 2, 2009), a suit leveled against Texaco-Chevron for polluting air, soil and water in...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 16, 2009 | News
These days, even a trip to Target can feel fraught with peril.First item on your shopping list: sippy cups for your toddler. Will they have the ones made without bisphenol A (or BPA), which the state of Connecticut recently banned from use in food containers and baby...
by Tom Vannah | Jul 16, 2009 | News
At home, my extended period of recovery is wearing thin. My wife and daughter are happy to have me back, but after nearly a year, they've begun wondering when I'm going to be done healing. Truth is, I was feeling good, caught up on a year's worth of lost...
