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Devastating gas pipe explosions and bridge collapses are painful examples of how our nation’s infrastructure is rapidly crumbling. There is, however, some reason to be optimistic about how we can actually fix these problems. A few municipalities are now using the opportunity to rebuild their decaying infrastructure in a new way, choosing solutions that are [...]
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) really gives me hope, and is one of the few elected officials who actually speaks the truth about what is happening in this country. Sanders, a stalwart defender of working families and self-described socialist, took to the Senate podium to systematically denounce the Obama/GOP tax “compromise”. The senator’s office described the historic speech as a “tax cut filibuster”. Sanders clearly explained his fervent opposition to the White House and Republican unsustainable tax cut deal which greatly benefits the increasingly wealthy plutocracy.
To share more stories with our wonderful readers, I’ve decided to start doing a weekly “link drop” — in other words, I’ll drop links to great stories we couldn’t cover (plus a little intro). Hope you find this helpful and enjoy it. Studies Show the Connection Between Travel Times to Food Stores and Public Health [...]
America’s most used parks may not be Yosemite or Shenandoah — they’re often parking lots all across America. A study released last July 29 says at any one time, there are approximately 500 million empty parking spaces in the U.S., contributing to everything from air and water pollution to fossil fuel use and global warming. [...]
