12/31 – |
NSA has ability to intercept communications on Apple iPhone through spyware |
12/30 – |
U.S. lags behind many countries in offering affordable, high-speed broadband service |
12/30 – |
Funds from Koch brothers may be altering research patterns in economics at Florida university |
12/30 – |
Der Spiegel reports NSA intercepts consumers' computers while in transit from manufacturer to install spyware |
12/30 – |
Actor who played bully Scut Farkus in beloved film "A Christmas Story" begins online anti-bullying campaign |
12/28 – |
State of Colorado issues first sales licenses for marijuana in U.S. history to retailers |
12/28 – |
North Carolina demonstrates that cuts in unemployment cause unemployed to drop out of workforce entirely |
12/28 – |
Noam Chomsky: U.S. "no longer a functioning democracy" |
12/27 – |
Environmental groups says southern US forests being slashed to feed European demand for "green" fuels |
12/27 – |
ALEC, Koch brothers successfully lobby for fine for solar users in Arizona |
12/26 – |
Income inequality direct result of conservative policies, editorial argues |
12/25 – |
New FCC chairman waffles on net neutrality |
12/23 – |
Hate groups on the rise in US |
12/23 – |
Very large academic publisher forcing scholars to stop sharing their research online |
12/23 – |
Podesta accepted position of White House counselor on condition he lead charge on climate change remediation, says Washington Post |
12/19 – |
McCrory may support extension of film production tax credit after research shows significant benefits to state |
12/18 – |
UN to world governments on small-scale agricultural advocacy: "Wake up before it is too late" |
12/18 – |
Ann Coulter: Pope too liberal, should get job on CNN rather than head Catholic Church |
12/18 – |
Sociologists: Normativity of whiteness at work in claims that "Santa is white" |
12/18 – |
FDA investigating link between common ingredient in antibacterial hand soaps, substantial health risks |
12/17 – |
Anxiety increases for fish in water with increasing acidity, researchers find |
12/17 – |
Annenberg Foundation secretly organizes to repatriate sacred Hopi artifacts |
12/16 – |
Proof offered by LA Times that, despite Fox News assertion, not all Santas are white |
12/16 – |
Rich teen sentenced to probation after killing four in crime spree, drunken wreck because of "affluenza" |
12/16 – |
While NY prepares for global warming, NC does nothing -- and Germany notices |
12/13 – |
Jordanian example shows urban agriculture has potential for reducing poverty and improving food security |
12/12 – |
Fox News host reassures viewers that both Santa Claus and Jesus are white |
12/12 – |
Lehnert, general first responsible for Guantanamo Bay detention center, says base confirms every bad impression of U.S., should be shut down |
12/11 – |
CNN shows pro-nuclear "documentary," later airs biased panel "discussion" |
12/11 – |
Oil begins to move through southernmost part of Keystone pipeline |
12/09 – |
Plea bargains: Good for prosecutors, bad for everyone else? |
12/09 – |
Author presents Mandela as showing holes in myth of American exceptionalism |
12/09 – |
Pickens county (SC) sheriff refuses to lower flag in honor of Nelson Mandela's passing |
12/07 – |
"Debate" about US ranking on international test scores may be part of movement for privatization, standardized tests |
12/07 – |
Berkeley grad prof discourages collective activity by unionized graduate students, says "get back to your studies" |
12/07 – |
Colin Powell, former Bush administration National Security Advisor, calls for universal health care in US |
12/04 – |
Animal protection group seeks habeas corpus, civil rights for chimpanzee in first-of-kind case |
12/04 – |
ACLU sues Catholic bishops for forbidding hospitals from performing abortions even if the pregnant woman's life or health is at risk |
12/02 – |
North Carolina school board rescinds ban on Ellison's "Invisible Man" after national scorn, book give-away |