1/31 – |
Chemical spill from coal production in West Virginia leaves residual formaldehyde in the water supply; spill now affects 16% of the state's population |
1/31 – |
Blue Cross changes policy and decides to offer coverage to same-sex couples after having canceled insurance plans earlier this month |
1/31 – |
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for contributing "to a more stable and peaceful world order" |
1/31 – |
After benefiting from tax breaks and publicly-supported research, super-rich are abandoning US for tax-havens abroad |
1/29 – |
States propose legislation to narrow across-state gender pay gaps |
1/29 – |
NC legislation pushes for more transparent hospital bills after Mooresville patient charged $89k for 18 hr hospital stay |
1/29 – |
Boyle: DENR official says fracking in WNC a “possibility” |
1/29 – |
More cases of personal misconduct by high-ranking military officers exposed |
1/28 – |
NC unemployment rate drops, but numbers may be skewed as people stop job hunting to enroll in college full-time |
1/28 – |
Historically black colleges in NC face budget cuts and declining enrollment |
1/28 – |
Standardized testing for new Common Core school curriculum standards being reconsidered by many states due to cost concerns |
1/28 – |
New bill in Virginia house raises fears of "fringe beliefs" such as denials of climate change and of evolution being taught in public schools |
1/26 – |
Lawmaker in OK proposes preventing ALL marriages in order to prevent gay marriages; Democrats call move posturing |
1/26 – |
Blue Cross cancels insurance coverage for same-sex couples in NC |
1/26 – |
South Carolina bill proposes bill to drastically limit warrantless use of drones |
1/26 – |
Radioactive sludge oozes out of the ground after several oil spills in North Dakota |
1/25 – |
Virginia's Attorney General files brief in opposition of state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it violates Fourteenth Amendment |
1/25 – |
Radioactivity from Fukushima dumped in ocean affects California; levels have reached ten times norm |
1/25 – |
Former miner says mining companies have been contaminating WV water "for years" |
1/24 – |
Conservative author Dinesh D'Souza charged with campaign finance fraud |
1/22 – |
NC voting laws change not only voter ID laws; straight party voting will disappear |
1/22 – |
Iowa governor, Rand Paul struggle for control of state GOP as lead-up begins for state’s critical 2016 Republican primary |
1/21 – |
FDA fails to protect consumers from potentially harmful effects of GMOs |
1/21 – |
Grocery Manufacturers Association continues campaign against GMO labeling despite public concerns |
1/21 – |
West coast air quality suffers from Chinese factory pollution |
1/21 – |
Dr. King had a dream for both social and economic justice |
1/20 – |
NC court deciding if teen killers – some sentenced as young as 13 – should have chance at parole |
1/20 – |
New trade agreement strips environmental enforcement agreements; Sierra Club, NRDC, World Wildlife Fund call effects potentially devastating |
1/19 – |
New Hampshire uses Obamacare funds to help those in need of long-term hospital care |
1/19 – |
Outreach workers helping the homeless to sign up for Obamacare across the U.S. |
1/19 – |
Today’s NC voter suppression follows same strategy as in 1896 |
1/19 – |
IMF funding left out of budget due to attached Republican demands for further delays to Obamacare |
1/19 – |
Amazon uses “Big Brother” data-analysis technologies to ship items to warehouses before customers even purchase them |
1/18 – |
Obama wants NSA to drop massive database of domestic phone calls |
1/18 – |
New Hampshire utilizes ACA funding to aid those in need of long-term care |
1/18 – |
Whole Foods announces new produce standards, stops the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer |
1/16 – |
Research shows English, Arabic-language coverage of Syrian conflict widely divergent |
1/15 – |
New lending law may hinder Habitat for Humanity and other non-profits |
1/15 – |
Federal marijuana enforcement in legalized states could be decided by 2016 election results |
1/15 – |
Legal recognition of gay marriage has greatly expanded throughout the U.S. |
1/15 – |
NSA can now use radio waves for surveillance of offline computers |
1/15 – |
An appeals court rules the FCC cannot impose "net-neutrality" rules |
1/15 – |
Obama seeks to increase judicial diversity by nominating minority members for the bench |
1/15 – |
Unemployement benefit cuts may leave many Americans struggling |
1/15 – |
NSA seeks legal counsel after National Intelligence director accused of perjury |
1/14 – |
Carbon pollution on the rise again after several years of decline |
1/14 – |
Release of couple convicted of "Satanic abuse" indicates end of moral panic that swept U.S., U.K. |
1/14 – |
Robert Gates: I didn't disagree with Obama on conduct of war; my memoir has been "hijacked" by Fox News |
1/13 – |
Supreme Court to consider government's right to govern falsehoods in political advertisements |
1/13 – |
Editorial: The world is returning to the very economic theories that led to the Great Depression |
1/12 – |
Krugman: North Carolina's experiment with austerity is a spectacular failure |
1/12 – |
Franklin McCain, member of "Greensboro Four," dies at 73 |
1/11 – |
Study shows "War on Poverty" actually reduced poverty levels in U.S. |
1/11 – |
Senate Democrats launch task force to "wake up Congress" on climate change issues |
1/11 – |
Chemical spill in Elk River compromises public water supply in Charleston, W.V. |
1/10 – |
Cherokee Indian Hospital reports sharp increase in flu cases to 56 in December |
1/10 – |
Department of Justice: Schools with "zero-tolerance" policies tend to disproportionately punish minority children |
1/10 – |
Majority of Congress, for first time, consists of millionaires |
1/10 – |
ACLU to support Insane Clown Posse in suit of FBI, DOJ label of band's fans as members of 'violent gang' |
1/06 – |
North Carolina's assault on public education is working |
1/06 – |
Movement of mangroves north on Florida coast further demonstration of global warming, scientists say |
1/06 – |
Rand Paul to sue President Obama over domestic spying |
1/06 – |
Supreme Court stops gay marriages in Utah pending review |
1/05 – |
US sailors who assisted in Fukushima cleanup to sue TEPCO for radiation poisoning |
1/04 – |
A treacherous road ahead for food labeling? |
1/04 – |
Sea World computer IP address linked to rigging an online poll about Blackfish documentary |
1/03 – |
Lawsuit says Facebook mines personal messages for data, sells information to clients |
1/03 – |
Stymied since Seattle, corporations go for an end run via Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty |
1/03 – |
Research suggests that US undergraduates, standard population for sociological testing, not really representative of world population; less altruistic and cooperative than other groups |
1/03 – |
Swine flu causes at least seven deaths in Texas |