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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

No Impact Week: Free to Be Plastic Free

Robin Madel | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Robin Madel

A former geology professor of mine used to say that this period of geologic history would be seen in the future as "The Pampers Layer." That can't be the legacy we intend to leave.

Inside the Chamber of Carbon's Climate War

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

In the Chamber of Commerce's zeal to please a few powerful industries they seem to have fallen out of step with their environmentally concerned members.

Democracy WOW! With The Yes Men

Sara Benincasa | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy


Sara Benincasa

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Weekly Mulch: Throwing the Environment Away

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home


The Media Consortium

By Raquel Brown, TMC MediaWire Blogger Our throwaway economy is largely to blame for our environmental woes, as Lester Brown points out for Grist. Fi...

Weekly Pulse: Healthcare Reform After Kennedy

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


The Media Consortium

If the Democrats want healthcare reform, they are going to have to go it alone. Let's hope they pass a bill that would make Sen. Kennedy proud.

Weekly Pulse: Public Option on Life Support

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


The Media Consortium

The White House is sorely mistaken if it thinks that the public option belongs in the "nice but not necessary" category. Without it, there's little hope of containing costs or reigning in the power of insurance companies.

Mother Jones Publishes Story by Writer Detained in Iran

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

A magazine has published a major investigative article by Shane Bauer, one of three Americans detained in Iran after accidentally crossing the border while hiking in Kurdistan.

Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle?

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green


Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

A few days into her reporting trip to Fiji to check out the source of America's No. 1 imported bottled water, Anna Lenzer was arrested and threatened with imprisonment.

Weekly Audit: Fixing the Foreclosure Problem

The Media Consortium | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business


The Media Consortium

The U.S. job market may be showing signs of life, but the scenario isn't really so rosy, as our government has yet to relieve the foreclosure pandemic.

CSI Watergate: Are We about to Crack the Nixon Tape Mystery?

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

What was said during the 18 1/2-minute gap in Nixon's Watergate tapes?

Weekly Mulch: Market-Driven Sustainability

The Media Consortium | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green


The Media Consortium

Last week, Wal-Mart, ExxonMobil and AAA announced new programs that promote sustainability and a cleaner planet. Are their efforts actually a case of corporate greenwashing?

Weekly Mulch: Urban Farming 'Mushrooms' During Recession

The Media Consortium | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green


The Media Consortium

Urban agriculture has a tradition of mushrooming during tough times.

Weekly Pulse: The Presidential Guilt Trip

The Media Consortium | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


The Media Consortium

President Obama reportedly complained that liberal advocacy groups are attacking Democrats instead of trying to pass whatever health care bill the Senate happens to cough up.

The Only Thing Toxic About The White House Kitchen Garden Is The Misinformation: Scientists Correct The Record On Contamination

Eddie Gehman Kohan | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green


Eddie Gehman Kohan

No one is being poisoned by eating the bounty of wonderful crops that have been grown in the White House Kitchen Garden, period.

This Week in Magazines: The Bull (Moose) in the Obama China Shop

James Warren | Posted 07.29.2009 | Media


James Warren

Sheila Bair is a Bull Moose in the China shop of the Obama administration's economic team.

Financial Media Mourns Its Pulitzer

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media


Andrea Chalupa

Will financial reporting ever have a Woodward and Bernstein, the two metro desk Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate Scandal?

Rachel Maddow's Anxiety Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

Rachel Maddow's dream highlights some universal concerns that arise in our anxiety dreams, including the pressure we face being professionals while still being ourselves.

Addressing Phi Theta Kappa on Social Responsibility

Jim Luce | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living


Jim Luce

One person can make a difference. You can make a difference.

Mother Jones Magazine Tests Nonprofit Model's Strength In Recession

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 04.07.2009 | Media


In its beginning Mother Jones, the leftist magazine founded in 1976 in San Francisco, viewed itself as a defender of independent journalism free from ...

Ryan Grim

GOP Outnumbered At Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics


It's not a good sign for the GOP when even an avowedly pro-business gathering is stocked with far more Democrats than Republicans. On Thursday mornin...

McCain's Kitchen Sink Strategy
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home


The Media Consortium

With less than three weeks to go in the run-up to the presidential election, the McCain campaign, with help from the Republican National Committee, co...

McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home


The Media Consortium

Special Debate Edition In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, the man who landed the greatest number of punch...

We are like a city on a hill

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

This election will show the public's choice, its mandate for the type of leader it wants to deal with complex issues, like why people use terrorism as a tactic to dialogue with those in power.

McCain Fails to Vanquish "That One" in Debate
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home


The Media Consortium

McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.