| 06/30 - |
Existence of emperor penguin threatened by global climate change |
| 06/30 - |
New "rollin' coal" fad involves trucks modified to spew smoke at pedestrians, "liberal-looking" cars |
| 06/29 - |
US-supported Egyptian government sentences three Al Jazeera journalists to at least seven years in prison |
| 06/29 - |
More than three-quarters of conservatives say the poor 'have it easy' |
| 06/29 - |
Reduction of CO2 emissions still best way to combat climate change |
| 06/29 - |
How the Koch Brothers, Rove, and Jeb Bush split on 'toxic' candidates like Thom Tillis |
| 06/28 - |
'Economic suicides' due to neoconservative policies now at about 5,000 per year, research suggests |
| 06/28 - |
Study shows that few doctors warn expectant mothers about environmental hazards |
| 06/28 - |
Supreme Court rules that warrants are needed for searches of cellphone records of arrested people |
| 06/28 - |
Proposed House budget includes $75 million in cuts for university system |
| 06/27 - |
"Kafkaesque" no-fly list ruled unconstitutional |
| 06/27 - |
UN study shows environment clearly tied to economic health |
| 06/27 - |
Life choices necessitated by student debt spoil the American Dream |
| 06/27 - |
NC lottery official says she was told to stay quiet about faulty budget numbers |
| 06/26 - |
U.N. rejects Australia's bid to strip rainforest of heritage status |
| 06/26 - |
Research: Voters of Cuban descent shifting toward the Democratic party |
| 06/26 - |
Bill requiring Duke Energy to pick up entire cost of coal ash cleanup defeated in NC Senate |
| 06/26 - |
Groups appeal to UN for assistance as Detroit shuts off water to thousands |
| 06/25 - |
Thirty-nine women prisoners in California were sterilized without consent |
| 06/25 - |
Hamid Karzai saw war against Afghanistan as a 'conspiracy' of foreign powers |
| 06/25 - |
Conservatives training 'poll watchers' in Mississippi to monitor Black voters |
| 06/25 - |
McCrory's '600 new jobs with Advance Auto Parts' are smoke and mirrors |
| 06/24 - |
DEA, for decades, has impeded and rejected research on medical uses of marijuana |
| 06/24 - |
Well-funded right-wing groups plan expansion of voucher scheme for unaccountable charter schools |
| 06/24 - |
DOT funds are used to pay salaries of McCrory staffers |
| 06/24 - |
Moral Mondays spread from North Carolina to Wisconsin |
| 06/23 - |
Eighty employees may have been exposed to anthrax at CDC |
| 06/23 - |
10853 of 10855 reputable scientific studies concur that global warming has human causes |
| 06/23 - |
Obama addresses seafood fraud, illegal fishing |
| 06/23 - |
NC Commerce Secretary on board of Art Pope's Family Dollar - and Ethics Commission has no comment |
| 06/21 - |
US scientists, oil giant stole indigenous blood from Amazoni tribal members |
| 06/21 - |
Oil and gas CEO says fracking is 100 percent safe |
| 06/21 - |
Taxpayer money being used by Koch brothers organizations to support seizures of public lands |
| 06/21 - |
NC's new restrictive voting laws will effect mostly African-Americans |
| 06/20 - |
Supreme Court to hear arguments about whether free speech rights protect social media harassment |
| 06/20 - |
Conservation group demands U.S. restore grizzly bears to native range |
| 06/20 - |
Republican's budget overestimates revenues from gambling for NC, documents show |
| 06/20 - |
Architects of Iraq disaster now reappearing to tell US what to do next |
| 06/19 - |
Fox News hosts describe Robert Bergdahl's father's beard as 'Islamic', 'suspicious' |
| 06/19 - |
Wells near coal ash sites leaching deadly toxins -- but Duke says 'more study is needed' |
| 06/19 - |
Hagan leading Tillis in polls |
| 06/19 - |
High student debt major cause of inequality, shrinking middle class |
| 06/18 - |
Right-wing war on science now includes war on science museums |
| 06/18 - |
Genes found in nature yield 1918-like influenza virus with pandemic potential |
| 06/18 - |
Judge rules that NC lawmakers violate speech rights in new attempts to limit Moral Monday protests |
| 06/18 - |
Koch brothers start a new super-PAC devoted to financing conservative candidates |
| 06/17 - |
Artificial pancreas offers hope to diabetes patients |
| 06/17 - |
Record ivory seizures show that elephants are at greatest risk ever |
| 06/17 - |
Majority of NC charter schools not ready for upcoming school year |
| 06/17 - |
How the 'gospel of innovation' gets it wrong |
| 06/16 - |
North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching would be eliminated under next budget |
| 06/16 - |
Movement of continents appears to be speeding up -- but why? |
| 06/16 - |
Despite public perception, there's no evidence that e-cigs are safer than traditional cigarettes |
| 06/16 - |
Asian slave labor providing cheap shrimp for WalMart |
| 06/15 - |
'Rewilding' program brings back the wisent, Europe's largest animal |
| 06/15 - |
South Carolina Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly support medical marijuana |
| 06/15 - |
European Union states seek option of banning genetically modified crops |
| 06/15 - |
Have Obamas purchased retirement home near Asheville? |
| 06/15 - |
NC House budget overestimates lottery revenues, documents show |
| 06/14 - |
Pigeon River Fund Board membership cleared of Democrats by Raleigh? |
| 06/14 - |
Gulf oil spill results in oil appearing on gulf coast even now, scientific data shows |
| 06/14 - |
Texas governor Rick Perry compares homosexuality to alcoholism |
| 06/14 - |
NAACP challenges Anti-Moral Monday rules in court |
| 06/13 - |
Too much fertilizer is bad for crops, helps encourage global warming |
| 06/13 - |
SBI conducts probe into sweepstakes industry campaign donations to McCrory, Tillis, Berger |
| 06/13 - |
US government seeks to cover up deaths at Guantanamo as 'suicides' |
| 06/13 - |
College student debt endangers economy -- and Obama is doing nothing |
| 06/12 - |
Research: Concentrated solar power projects in California can reduce bills by six cents per kilowatt-hour |
| 06/12 - |
College professor who defeated Cantor is a 'paid follower of Ayn Rand' |
| 06/12 - |
Even NC legislators don't want to accept McCrory's coal ash plan |
| 06/12 - |
Judge blocks Moffitt's powerplay to take over Asheville's water system |
| 06/11 - |
Whistleblower describes how EPA faked all the science around sewage sludge 'safety' |
| 06/11 - |
Despite court's repeal of ban, Wisconsin's Republican administration won't accept same-sex marriage certificates |
| 06/11 - |
Recently-revealed documents show that Big Tobacco had hopes of getting into marijuana business in 1970s |
| 06/11 - |
"Man in moon" mystery solved - crust on dark side is too tough for lava flows |
| 06/11 - |
Florida GOP Congressman: Global warming is impossible because dinosaurs became extinct |
| 06/10 - |
National nutritionists' conference is sponsored by McDonald's, similar firms |
| 06/10 - |
Ezra Klein: Seven reasons America will fail on global warming |
| 06/10 - |
Change proposed by Republican legislators in NC would effectively dismantle controls on car insurance industry |
| 06/10 - |
Saving trees in rain forests could curb global warming by 30 percent |
| 06/09 - |
Climate risk to island nations focus of World Environment Day |
| 06/09 - |
Privatized inspection systems threaten worldwide food safety |
| 06/09 - |
Republican mayor from eastern NC issues emotional call for Medicaid expansion |
| 06/09 - |
New NC budget includes millions in subsidies for fracking industry |
| 06/08 - |
Amy Goodman: Bowe Bergdahl and the darkening of the American soul |
| 06/08 - |
NC set to lower protection for wetlands |
| 06/08 - |
German nuclear waste may be heading to South Carolina site |
| 06/08 - |
Research: WalMart's low pay, treatment of workers have led to low reputation among shoppers |
| 06/07 - |
Teamsters: Ending worker exploitation key to healthy economy |
| 06/07 - |
Cheap solvents used in Oregon's marijuana snack industry lead to unexpected health hazards |
| 06/07 - |
World Health Organization: Deteriorating environment threatens human health worldwide |
| 06/07 - |
WalMart slashed tax bill by giving top execs huge bonuses |
| 06/06 - |
UNC legal center holds clinics for victims of NC's eugenics policies |
| 06/06 - |
ALEC supported 131 anti-environmental bills, leaked internal document reveals |
| 06/06 - |
Staple crops will have lower levels of necessary nutrients due to global warming, experts warn |
| 06/06 - |
Higher minimum wage will prove to be boost for the economy, economists argue |
| 06/05 - |
Russia suspends hog imports from US as result of pig virus scare |
| 06/05 - |
Rural versus urban split deepens nations liberal versus conservative divide |
| 06/05 - |
Physician shortage important factor in VA 'secret list' scandal |
| 06/05 - |
McCrory says Senate budget proposal is 'unworkable,' but thinks giving him control of SBI is fine |
| 06/04 - |
Dangerous levels of Roundup now showing up in urine, breast milk from GMO products |
| 06/04 - |
Research: Raising wages in retail industry is best avenue for economic gender equality |
| 06/04 - |
As Florida vote on medical cannabis nears, schools proliferate on pot cultivation |
| 06/04 - |
Today's acidification of oceans ten times faster than ancient maximum that led to mass extinctions |
| 06/03 - |
UN backlash as Uganda's 'anti-gay' minister heads for human rights top job |
| 06/03 - |
Destructive fishing methods are turning seas into 'deserts' |
| 06/03 - |
Research shows that 'war against religion' is a myth |
| 06/03 - |
Fox News: College slayings in California caused by liberals, homosexuals, and everything but lax gun laws |
| 06/02 - |
Complaint filed against four Florida insurers for discriminating against people with HIV/AIDS |
| 06/02 - |
NC funds phony 'teacher pay raise' by cutting school budgets, tenure |
| 06/02 - |
Federal control of health exchanges a result of Republican intransigence |
| 06/02 - |
Driving and car ownership in steep decline |
| 06/01 - |
National Park Service to begin commemorating LGBT historic sites |
| 06/01 - |
New Orleans now has only charter schools in major school district |
| 06/01 - |
NC Senate tries to move State Bureau of Investigation control from Attorney General to Governor |
| 06/01 - |
Elizabeth City State University, a predominantly Black university, may be closed under new budget |
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