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Category: Environment and Conservation
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In part two of a two part post, Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, looks at the environmental impact and the potential for future growth of factory dairy farming in New Mexico.
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In part one of a two part post, Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, examines the mammoth and growing dairy farming industry in New Mexico.
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Maybe the Wall Street bailout package is a good idea. But the only thing I know for sure is this: even if we avert a total economic meltdown, we will still be in a recession. Millions of Americans still will be without jobs — or in real fear of losing their job. Worse, we will…
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In the run-up to tonight’s Vice Presidential debate, which will be hosted by Gwen Ifill, we’re seeing an slight uptick in traffic from conservative blogs linking to her cousin Sherrilyn Ifill’s post on The Relevance of Nooses and Lynching in the Age of Obama. For those of you who clicked through to read the entire…
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Kathryn Joyce (whose book Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement will be released by Beacon this winter) compares the candidacy of Sarah Palin to the biblical story of Esther. The student loan credit crunch may just be a “convenient” distraction for lenders who would like to keep attention away from predatory lending practices, says Alan…
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“To understand military sexual assault, let alone know how to stop it, we must focus on the perpetrators.” Helen Benedict on why soldiers rape. “To us sofa slouchers, these teen Olympians are heroes. But they have the nation’s pediatricians on edge.” A Baltimore Sun op-ed by Mark Hyman about young athletes. Also check out Hyman…
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In spite of skyrocketing budget overruns, delayed construction, floods, ceiling collapses, and all the other ills that big construction projects are prone to, the Big Dig is far better than what used to be there. A short walk along the Rose Kennedy Greenway on a weekend after noon in summer is a case in point…
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At the Root, Kai Wright discusses the hit black homeowners are taking in the mortgage foreclosure crisis, a topic he addressed earlier in this excellent article at The Nation. Kai has previously contributed to Beacon Broadside on gay teens and James Baldwin. David Moore deconstructs some sloppy NYTimes poll analysis on Obama and the racial…
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Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, will be participating in Slow Food Nation, "the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair," and he’s also contributing to their blog.…
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