by Stephanie Kraft | May 7, 2010 | News
You might not find Michael Ruppert as much fun as Michael Moore. You might find parts of Collapse, the film in which director Chris Smith draws him out about his views of the impending violent downsizing of industrial civilization, less persuasive than other parts....
by Stephanie Kraft | May 11, 2010 | News
It seems good news that more businesses are hiring now, and it is. But it leaves a lot to be hoped for. That’s because many of the jobs don’t offer the wages and security that American workers could count on in the years before our manufacturing base...
by Tom Sturm | May 11, 2010 | News
The City of Easthampton holds a special election on Tuesday, May 18 that gives residents a chance to vote on a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion to finance the construction of a new high school, which at last estimate would cost approximately $48 million. The debt...
by Norman Solomon | May 13, 2010 | News
If President Obama has his way, former Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens—and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it’s part of a pattern. The White House is in the...
by Our Readers | May 13, 2010 | News
Plastics Not All Bad I read your article on alternatives to plastics (“Back to Basics,” May 6, 2010) with interest. I agree that there are problems with the use of plastics, but like with so many other things in life, plastics have their positive and...
