5/31 – |
Obama to unveil historic plan to lower carbon pollution |
5/31 – |
US House approves law forbidding interference with state medical marijuana laws |
5/31 – |
Wind turbines appear on NYC roofs for power generation |
5/31 – |
Proposed NC Senate budget would lead to cuts of elderly from Medicaid rolls |
5/30 – |
BREAKING: Shinseki resigns amid controversy of VA 'waiting lists' |
5/30 – |
Atmospheric CO2 levels in northern hemisphere reach new milestone |
5/30 – |
Research: prenatal exposure to flame retardants can lead to lower IQ, hyperactivity |
5/30 – |
Taxing capital is key to countering inequality |
5/30 – |
In historic vote, Verizon salespeople join same union as installers, technicians |
5/30 – |
OPINION: Net neutrality concerns everyone |
5/29 – |
Mecklenburg representative proposes NC constitutional amendment for medical marijuana |
5/29 – |
Baltimore's National Aquarium may soon relase its dolphins |
5/29 – |
More insurers plan to join Obamacare health exchanges |
5/29 – |
Richard Burr continues attacks on veteran's groups |
5/28 – |
Cheap foods a key factor in rising obesity |
5/28 – |
Research: Global warming increases hybridization between native and invasive species of fish |
5/28 – |
Survey shows primary barrier to enrolling in Obamacare during enrollment period was lack of accurate information |
5/28 – |
Duke Energy shareholders sue over coal ash spill |
5/27 – |
Despite mainstream media narrative, southern Senate Democrats close or ahead in many red states |
5/27 – |
Prices likely to drop as organic food goes mainstream |
5/27 – |
Interstate charter school management firms object to NC board rejections of their applications |
5/26 – |
ALEC-sponsored bill would offer sweeping immunity to big pharma in NC |
5/26 – |
Research shows emerging marijuana industry in Colorado employs many minorities, females while using new technologies to grow product |
5/26 – |
Honeybee health and activity provides important clue to health of environment |
5/26 – |
The case for reparations for slavery and Jim Crow |
5/24 – |
Senate OKs fracking in North Carolina |
5/24 – |
Historical parallels suggest that inevitable outcome of income equality is violence |
5/24 – |
Spread of drug-resistant HIV means new wave of infections is a real possibility |
5/24 – |
Second case of measles confirmed in DC metro area |
5/23 – |
West Coast cities begin preparing for unstoppable Antarctic ice melts, global ocean rise |
5/23 – |
States that have declined expansion of Medicare have denied health care to 250k uninsured war vets |
5/23 – |
Duke Energy has no plans for Mountain Island coal ash now that Charlotte's airport doesn't want it |
5/23 – |
Cutting unemployment benefits doesn't move people back to work |
5/22 – |
Putin moves to form alliances with European far-right groups |
5/22 – |
Pat Sajak, of 'Wheel of Fortune,' calls those concerned with global warming 'racists' and 'unpatriotic' |
5/22 – |
Technologist wins huge prize for development projected to reduce price and increase efficiency of solar panels |
5/22 – |
In NC Senate Commerce Committee, GOP chair has reporter's tape recorder confiscated, then returned -- and nobody knows why |
5/21 – |
BREAKING NEWS: MAIN issues position on Net Neutrality |
5/21 – |
Despite myths, hookah use is at least as dangerous as smoking |
5/21 – |
ATT and DirectTV merger is move to create streaming TV giant |
5/21 – |
College is double disaster -- loans for students, low pay for untenured adjuncts |
5/21 – |
Judge rules NC legislature's move to end tenure is breach of contract |
5/20 – |
Research suggests correlation between wealth and selfish behavior |
5/20 – |
A new medical use of marijuana is emerging -- the prevention of Alzheimer's |
5/20 – |
Krugman: Fiscal policy in this recession has been a success -- but only for bankers |
5/20 – |
NC's SB 786 would invalidate local bills outlawing fracking |
5/19 – |
Federal judge orders halt to force-feeding, 'forcible cell extractions' of prisoner at Guantanamo |
5/19 – |
Microbeads in cosmetics are "tiny plastic timebombs" for environments |
5/19 – |
Leonard Pitts: Ann Coulter ridicules attempts to raise awareness of Boko Haram's kidnapping of girls in Nigeria |
5/19 – |
Climate change will create never-before seen ecosystems in tropics |
5/18 – |
Climate change means increased chance of military conflict in the Arctic |
5/18 – |
Income and education levels make organic food chains avoid West Virginia |
5/18 – |
Judge rules NC lawmakers must share voter ID ruling correspondence |
5/18 – |
Dozens of dog owners urge NC lawmakers to take up puppy mill bill this session |
5/17 – |
Has Mark Pryor found winning strategy -- to point out that most GOP Senate candidates voted to reduce Medicare benefits? |
5/17 – |
Bosnia and Serbia hit by worst floods in over a century; 200k without power |
5/17 – |
Minority leader McConnell slams DEA for obstructing Kentucky hemp research |
5/17 – |
NC's next sea level forecast will only look 30 years into the future -- since 90 year forecast is too threatening |
5/16 – |
Elephants slaughtered by poachers in Congo |
5/16 – |
Was Jill Abramson fired at NYT because of sexism -- or because of her support of basic journalism? |
5/16 – |
Rising atmospheric CO2 causing droughts in Australia, more rain in Antarctica |
5/16 – |
Louisiana passes draconian abortion bill that will likely close most clinics in state |
5/15 – |
Grey wolf appears for first time in 89 years in Iowa -- and is shot dead |
5/15 – |
European court rules that citizens have 'right to be forgotten;' Google must change search records on request |
5/15 – |
In first post-primary poll, Libertarian candidate appears to be draining support from Thom Tillis |
5/15 – |
Magistrates sue state for lack of raises; McCrory, Art Pope named as defendants |
5/14 – |
Stanford University removes coal stocks from its portfolio |
5/14 – |
Marco Rubio: Doing anything about climate change will wreck the economy |
5/14 – |
McCrory, facing charges he doesn't matter to policy process, says he'll be more 'assertive' |
5/14 – |
The irreversible collapse of the West Antarctica ice sheet has begun, due to global warming |
5/13 – |
Increased spectrum availability in microwave band should lead to more and faster Internet in remote areas |
5/13 – |
Kansas proves a point: Tax cuts for the rich lead to a financial morass |
5/13 – |
Continuing controversy over emerging governmental policies of allowing non-organics in organic agriculture |
5/13 – |
NC mining commission board members met with Halliburton, other companies promoting fracking |
5/12 – |
Research shows that home-made stinkbug trap is environmentally-friendly, outperforms store-bought models |
5/12 – |
Apple and Google involved in wage-fixing cartel, agree to settlement -- but clout of firms mean news is released slowly, and ignored |
5/12 – |
Workers in fast-food joints worldwide plan strikes on May 15 |
5/12 – |
McCrory proposes fracking on state-owned lands |
5/11 – |
With 600 teacher resignations in Wake County since last year, pundits fear mass exodus of teachers in NC |
5/11 – |
Half of Fox News viewers are 68 or older |
5/11 – |
Raped Peace Corps volunteer gets no help from US government for abortion, then suffers second sexual assault |
5/11 – |
Koch brothers pouring more cash into upcoming elections than Democratic and Republican party committees combined |
5/10 – |
FBI investigating supporters of Cliven Bundy, racist rancher at heart of BLM standoff, for threatening federal agents with guns |
5/10 – |
Seattle's $15/hr minimum wage agreement may be model for collective bargaining in areas without unions |
5/10 – |
Snafus at NC Board of Elections mean that real-time election results of dubious quality |
5/10 – |
Kay Hagan presents strong case for Obamacare, surprising pundits |
5/09 – |
Teachers wary of McCrory's latest education proposal |
5/09 – |
Colorado lawmakers approve plan to permit banks to handle marijuana money |
5/09 – |
Bernie Sanders asks Fed chair: Is the US an oligarchy? |
5/09 – |
CNN commentator S. E. Cupp accuses Bill Nye of "bullying" people when he uses facts about global warming |
5/08 – |
Five Nobel-prize-winning economist call for end on war on drugs |
5/08 – |
Dangers from toxic factories hit minorities and poor most of all |
5/08 – |
Research shows Obamacare is saving lives |
5/08 – |
Despite millions spent and Superfund categorizations, CTS site remains site of little work |
5/08 – |
State's largest private water provider gains right to no-contest rate increases |
5/07 – |
BREAKING NEWS: Judge to decide whether descendants of Cherokee slaves to be included as citizens of Cherokee nation |
5/07 – |
GE tops Bernie Sanders' list of corporate tax avoiders |
5/07 – |
Supreme Court decision on public prayer permits the sort of state-sponsored worship the Founders avoided |
5/07 – |
Democrats outperformed Repulicans in NC early-voting turnout |
5/07 – |
Closing of education department at historically-Black university in Charlotte highlights effects of low teacher salaries |
5/06 – |
Carl Hiaasen: No execution is painless; all executions are cruel and unusual |
5/06 – |
Donald Sterling case illustrates problems of racism and low-income housing |
5/06 – |
Brookings Institute: It's time for religious progressives to speak up for social justice and economic equality |
5/06 – |
'Test prep' kills enthusiasm for learning, but persist in most schools despite calls for its reduction |
5/05 – |
Plants thrive on organic food, too |
5/05 – |
Wall Street bosses, Jeb Bush, CNN bigwigs support NY charter school chain |
5/05 – |
Scalia makes notable factual blunder in EPA opinion |
5/05 – |
Don't let myths, aimed at voter suppression, keep you from voting |
5/04 – |
CDC announces first case of MERS in US |
5/04 – |
Body of weather data leads to one conclusion: climate change leads to more extreme weather events |
5/04 – |
NC revenue shortfall to hit $445 million; is McCrory's 'economic miracle' in shambles? |
5/04 – |
Research: NC ranked last in nation for minority health |
5/02 – |
Piketty’s new book reveals reason for the turmoil among the upper classes: light is shining on exactly how they steal their riches from the poor |
5/02 – |
Research suggests that the reason for decreased worker mobility is that new jobs aren't worth a move |
5/02 – |
PA school board says student newspaper can't avoid use of defamatory Native American nickname for school's team |
5/02 – |
Looming antibiotic crisis may be "bigger than AIDS," WHO warns |
5/01 – |
Research shows that majority of Senate ads are from outside groups rather than from candidates themselves |
5/01 – |
Despite evidence, majority still thinks Obamacare isn't working; PR is more important than truth |
5/01 – |
New bill -- similar to last year's ALEC-sponsored legislation -- would let students cross county lines in move to disable power of teacher's unions |