Losing Bernie

Laura Stein, 06.30.2009

Laura Stein is Founder and President of Eat Healthy Your Way and a bestselling author.

I've spent surprisingly little time since December 11, 2008, thinking about the man who caused my husband, me, and so many others such pain.

Green News Report - June 25, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 07.01.2009

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

Darryl Hannah arrested (no, not for public intoxication); Floor fight pending over climate change; Big Three automakers ignored their own consumer research ... The Supreme Court kills a lake.

A Call for Some Much Needed Sisterhood on This Planet

Linda Adams, 06.23.2009

Secretary for Environmental Protection

Global warming affects our entire planet but it has a disproportionate impact on people in poor communities, especially women.

Is the Corps of Engineers Astro-Turfing Its Critics?

Harry Shearer, 06.19.2009

Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist

In New Orleans, when the subject is the Corps and its federal overseers, hope is something that was left at the starting gate last November.

Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki, 06.17.2009

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

Biloxi Removing FEMA Trailers, Undermining Obama and Victimizing Katrina Survivors

Jeffrey Buchanan, 06.12.2009

The Biloxi City Council will vote June 16th on an ordinance, backed by the City's community development office, forcing FEMA trailers to be removed from residential zones by August 9th.

A Visit to Bangladeshi Regions Hit by Cyclone Aila

Nilopar Uddin, 07.10.2009

Volunteer at BRAC USA

The raging floodwaters which have submerged the wells across the country have made the water undrinkable. However, some people have became so desperately thirsty that they have resorted to drinking the floodwater and are suffering from diarrhea and dysentery.

World Environment Day and Global Consumption - We Use, They Lose

John DeCock, 07.06.2009

President, Clean Water Action

Our lifestyles, our consumption patterns, the way we use resources, the waste we generate and the way we deal with our waste are all major contributing factors in the degradation of our environment.

Never Should Have Built it There -- New York

Harry Shearer, 07.06.2009

Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist

A new report predicts the dire future that may await New York City if a hurricane generates serious storm surge. The proposed solution? A set of barriers ringing the city to protect it from inundation.

In Sri Lanka: A Look at the Refugee Camp

Jim Luce, 07.05.2009

Jim Luce writes and speaks on Thought Leaders and Global Citizens.

The Sri Lankan government has moved mountains to accommodate more than a quarter million displaced people since the war ended ten days ago. But they have many more to move.

The Water Debate We Are Not Having

Cynthia Koehler, 07.04.2009

Sooner or later California is going to change how it uses water. We can do it before we lose our fish, or after.

Day 1 of Hurricane Season: Notes from an Accidental Shelter

Karen Dalton-Beninato, 07.01.2009

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

New Orleans residents, both home and in the process of getting home, are surviving with a level of gallows humor I haven't witnessed since working in a newsroom.

Where the "Facts" Take Us on Judge Sotomayor

Kathleen Reardon, 06.30.2009

Professor, USC Marshall School

When I first wrote for Huffington Post over two years ago, one of my first blogs was about the intellectual free fall our country was in at the time. ...

The Tugboat and the Tanker: Ideas for the New Office of Social Innovation

Cameron Sinclair, 06.28.2009

Co-founder of Architecture for Humanity and the Open Architecture Network

While large scale aid groups provide funds, it is the bootstrapped nimble organizations that partner with local community groups to fill the cracks in delivering aid.

Bible Quotes on "Worldwide Intelligence Updates?"

Joseph A. Palermo, 06.21.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

Bush proved that the blurring of the line that separates Church and State is not only unconstitutional, it is also wholly dysfunctional.

Build More Autos Overseas: Marginalize More U.S. Families

Leo W. Gerard, 06.19.2009

President of the United Steelworkers International

As I toured the U.S. last week on the 11-state, 32-city "Keep it Made in America" bus tour. I talked to unemployed manufacturing workers who are desperate.

Rumsfeld's Katrina Antics, Reported By GQ, Reveal How Congressional Investigations Were Whitewashes

David Fiderer, 06.18.2009

Banker/Writer

When new revelations emerge, the Republicans' credibility takes new hits. That's why GQ's reporting on Rumsfeld is damning to Susan Collins, who spearheaded the Senate's sham investigation of the Katrina disaster.

Bevy of "Bushisms" for Backtracking Barack

Dave Astor, 06.18.2009

Award-winning Montclair (N.J.) Times columnist

George W. Bush said: "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best." Barack Obama says: "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best to undecide from wh...

Why We Give to Animal Charities

Jackie Fuchs, 06.13.2009

Animals have no safety net in society, no voices of their own, and very few rights under the law but they touch our hearts in deep and meaningful ways.

Support the Po Boy: Gulf Coast Civic Works Bill's 100,000 Green Jobs

Karen Dalton-Beninato, 06.07.2009

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

Louisiana has the highest childhood hunger rate in the country, 24 percent compared to 6 percent in Massachusetts according to a report by Feeding Ame...

Empathy Fatigue and What the Press Can Do About It

Jamil Zaki, 06.17.2009

The "CNN effect" describes how, by airing images of suffering, news outlets can create enormous pressure for governments to intervene, fueled by public outcry over the suffering of others.