Nuclear Impacts
Generating nuclear power appears to be an effective way to create dangerous waste garbage that cannot be safely thrown away, though often is. Past operations have resulted in contamination and fatalities throughout almost every step of the mining, refining, and disposal process. Even now we have no idea how to [...]
New alternative to GDP measures social outcomes, not income
The latest alternative to GDP does something interesting: it ignores money. That's not because money doesn't matter—it's because money is only as good as whatever it can buy. Every few months, someone comes up with a new alternative to gross domestic product, the ubiquitous measure of national success that even [...]
As Asia’s tigers shred poverty rates, Africa still lags
As China and India boast drastically reduced poverty rates and a rising middle class, countries once considered their counterparts in underdevelopment still lag behind. China’s extreme poverty rate fell from 84 percent in 1981 to 12 percent in 2010 and India’s fell from 60 percent to 33 percent -- drastic [...]
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012
The pages that follow document the often difficult march forward of human freedom around the world. Significant progress is being made in some places, but in far too many others governments fall short of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ vision of a world where people live “free and equal [...]
From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy
Seven examples of how manufacturers, retailers, restaurants, and others are doing business the cooperative way.
Why Is Boston ‘Terrorism’ but Not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine?
Can an act of violence be called 'terrorism' if the motive is unknown? Neither the President nor the FBI - by their own admission - know the motive here nor have evidence showing it, but Andrew Sullivan, along with hordes of others yelling "terrorism" and "jihad", insist that they do. [...]