Nov 06 2013
The 10 Most Polluted Sites in the World and How Our Consumer Driven Society Contributes
A terrifying new report by the Blacksmith Group and Green Cross Switzerland, shows 200 million people around the world are in danger of severe toxic pollution. This number is up from a previous report done by the two groups 6 years ago which found 125 million people in danger.
Among the report’s highlights is a top ten list of the …
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A New Jersey couple is suing their mayor Chris Christie over a ban on so-called “gay conversion” therapy because they claim it violates their first amendment right to try to “cure” their 15 year old son of being homosexual. New Jersey is one of several states, including California, which banned the therapy that is today widely viewed as abusive and coercive. …
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, author and professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines: 
On Friday the nation’s third largest airport was shutdown as 23 year old Paul Ciancia shot and killed 39 year old TSA agent Gerardo Hernandez and wounded three others. After Ciancia’s roommate dropped him off at Los Angeles International Airport he pulled out a .23 caliber assault rifle from a duffel bag and started hunting down TSA agents. Ciancia, who …
The Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Exchanges have been online for just over a month and already President Obama has been on the defensive, admitting that major problems have hampered the web portal healthcare.gov, while making the case to the public that the law is in fact beneficial to the nation.
