11/30 – |
Hopes rise for global climate deal after US - China agreement |
11/30 – |
Multimillion-dollar Christian organization seeks to make gay sex illegal |
11/30 – |
State budgetary issues lead to troubling decrease in number of autopsies conducted |
11/30 – |
GOP seeks to disqualify votes in entire heavily-Democratic precinct in NC |
11/28 – |
Sheldon Adelson gives millions to send Israel to the moon |
11/28 – |
Fracking industry suing over drilling bans |
11/28 – |
Militarization of oil fields major issue in OPEC summit |
11/27 – |
Progressives will rebuild by thinking long-term |
11/27 – |
US pays heavy price for refusal to be honest about need for taxes |
11/27 – |
Charitable giving down in NC |
11/27 – |
Rampant prosecutorial misconduct is rarely punished |
11/26 – |
Ferguson: Baffling decisions continue to provoke a traumatized community |
11/26 – |
EU court rules UK must limit diesel exhaust |
11/26 – |
World Economic Forum: How to make capitalism more ethical |
11/26 – |
Chris Christie isn't back -- his moment has passed |
11/25 – |
Climate change will double likelihood of 'super El Nino' events |
11/25 – |
Surveys show climate skeptics opinion unchanged by recent abnormal weather |
11/25 – |
Darren Wilson wasn't indicted -- the system was |
11/25 – |
In wake of Ferguson decision, Darren Wilson's testimony released |
11/24 – |
UVA students protest in wake of damning Rolling Stone article |
11/24 – |
Reviewer misses the point: Slavery may have been what made US rich |
11/24 – |
Republican purge of voters may have led to victories in NC, other states |
11/23 – |
Remembering transgendered victims of hate crimes |
11/23 – |
In Mexico, massive march against narco-state fueled by antiquated US drug laws |
11/23 – |
Interpol targets nine in environmental crimes |
11/23 – |
Thomas Frank: Maybe this time, Democrats won't buy "contest for the center" lie |
11/22 – |
Research suggests that erosion may trigger earthquakes |
11/22 – |
Court rules state of Michigan not responsible for quality public education |
11/22 – |
Senator says White House doesn't want public to know scope of CIA torture |
11/22 – |
Survey finds few employers dropping health benefits as result of Obamacare |
11/21 – |
UNCA student wounded in shooting near campus |
11/21 – |
Study shows racial disparities in arrests the norm in US |
11/21 – |
Court says NC emails on redistricting must be released |
11/21 – |
McCrory uses Duke-affiliated lawyers to block appointments to coal-ash commission |
11/20 – |
Medical groups back nurse who refused to force-feed inmates at Guantanamo |
11/20 – |
NC mining commission ignores public request on fracking |
11/19 – |
One in thirty American children are homeless |
11/19 – |
Forest Service approves fracking in largest national forest on east coast |
11/19 – |
Duke plans to dump coal ash near Sanford, NC |
11/19 – |
Kay Hagan, lamest of lame ducks, signs on to sponsor Keystone Pipeline |
11/18 – |
Super typhoon Haiyan strongest on record with over 10,000 feared dead in Philippines |
11/18 – |
NATO warns of Russian buildup around Ukraine |
11/18 – |
Four killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack near Holocaust museum |
11/18 – |
Texas plant where chemical leak killed four hadn't been inspected in seven years |
11/17 – |
NC coal ash comission wants consumers to pay for cleanup |
11/17 – |
Kiribati: First nation in the world to face extinction from global warming |
11/17 – |
Hollywood left turns out to celebrate Howard Zinn's legacy |
11/17 – |
Rev. Barber: "We will fight until hell freezes over" |
11/16 – |
Major firms want net neutrality - but won't say so in public |
11/16 – |
Will American bishops follow progressive lead of Pope Francis? |
11/16 – |
New NC in House may be 'trouble' for Republicans after comment that US should invade Mexico |
11/16 – |
NC tax revenues down through first third of fiscal year |
11/15 – |
Glenn Greenwald: There is genuine excitement over a Clinton candidacy |
11/15 – |
Despite midterms, American majority is progressive |
11/15 – |
Chris Christie's worst enemy as Presidential candidate -- his temper |
11/15 – |
NC's Economic Development Partnership - unaccountable and unmonitored? |
11/14 – |
Use of domestic drone surveillance rapidly expanding, report shows |
11/14 – |
Fukushima radioactive cesium found off California coast |
11/14 – |
State coal ash commission contains no Democrats, tilted toward industrial concerns |
11/14 – |
Forest Service proposes opening Pisgah-Nantahala forests to logging |
11/13 – |
National legalization of gay marriage could lead to 2.5 billion economic boom |
11/13 – |
Climate change alters even groundwater systems |
11/13 – |
Obama outmaneuvers Republicans on climate change in deal with China |
11/13 – |
SELC continues crusade to clean up coal ash |
11/12 – |
California's passage of Prop 47 reclassifies many nonviolent crimes, will ease prison crowding |
11/12 – |
Friends of the Earth petitions NRC to release seismic data re California reactor |
11/12 – |
The surprise was that Hagan loss was a surprise |
11/12 – |
Ted Cruz' statements on net neutrality are dangerous |
11/11 – |
Three-D printers are now a reality and making daily goods |
11/11 – |
In rural US, teaching science is becoming increasingly difficult |
11/11 – |
First solar-panel bike path planned in Amsterdam |
11/11 – |
Communities fight laws that prohibit municipalities from creating broadband networks |
11/10 – |
New strain of Ebola emerges in Congo |
11/10 – |
Airbag manufacturer knew of risk in product that killed four, injured hundreds, as early as 2004 |
11/10 – |
Hagan not expected to launch 2016 campaign |
11/10 – |
Special interests invited to attend meeting about drilling off NC's coasts -- but not public |
11/09 – |
Anti-semitism in the spotlight in Poland |
11/09 – |
Success of votes on marijuana push us closer to weed business boom |
11/09 – |
Urban farming big success in Wheeling, WV |
11/09 – |
Leonard Pitts: Democrats had nothing to say, and said it poorly |
11/08 – |
Ignored by West, Russian economy is disintegrating |
11/08 – |
DENR rejects Duke coal ash testing plan as 'insufficient' |
11/08 – |
McCrory holds closed meetings on offshore oil drilling |
11/08 – |
Hartmann: The GOP plan to deprive Obama of a legacy worked |
11/07 – |
Vehicle exhaust linked to ADHD |
11/07 – |
Moderate 'Blue Dog' Democrats lost seats; Congressional Progressive Caucus lost none |
11/07 – |
Editorial: States likely to set progressive agenda for near future |
11/07 – |
A new crop of climate-change deniers heads to the US Senate |
11/06 – |
Despite 2014 election, GOP base is still white and aging -- and vanishing |
11/06 – |
Kentucky teacher resigns over forced Ebola scare leave |
11/06 – |
Today in history: TB vaccine perfected -- in Asheville! |
11/06 – |
The real winner in the election is weed |
11/05 – |
Despite redistricting, Democrats gain seats in NC assembly, but GOP still has control |
11/05 – |
Ager defeats Ramsey in NC House 115 |
11/05 – |
Turner defeats Moffitt in NC House 116 |
11/05 – |
Tillis wins most expensive Senate race in US history |
11/04 – |
Anti-abortion "personhood" movement up to voters in ND |
11/04 – |
Minimum wage raises may be big midterm winner |
11/04 – |
Justice Department to monitor election in Robeson County |
11/04 – |
Final analysis of NC senate elections: Hagan ahead, but it will be close |
11/03 – |
Thousands of Native Americans protest racist Washington team mascot |
11/03 – |
New UN report says climate change dangers are higher than ever |
11/03 – |
Principal accused of blocking gay-straight alliance in Hillsborough school resigns |
11/03 – |
Ben Stein, GOP pundit, calls Obama "most racist president ever" |
11/02 – |
Scientists attempt to predict number of US Ebola cases -- in worst case scenario, 130 |
11/02 – |
Europe strives for global leadership on climate change |
11/02 – |
FCC's new 'net neutrality' plan doesn't really support net neutrality |
11/01 – |
AlterNet: Fundamentalists are freaking out in Texas |
11/01 – |
WaPo: Ferguson civil rights charges are unlikely |
11/01 – |
Pinochet's grandson to start new right-wing political party in Chile |
11/01 – |
Former Florida GOP congressman has his cocaine bust expunged |