Tag: environment

http://m.nbcnews.com/science/arctic-temperatures-44-000-year-high-8C11462851 Arctic temperatures at 44,000-year high Arctic Douglas Main LiveScience 15 hours ago Gifford Miller As ice caps like this one, nicknamed Sputnik, melt, they

http://www.onthemedia.org/story/nsa-has-your-buddy-list/#commentlist THE NSA PROBABLY HAS YOUR BUDDY LIST The Washington Post reports that the NSA harvests the email addresses and contact lists of millions of

http://www.propublica.org/thetrade/item/dont-worry-jaime-lloyds-shown-the-way Don’t Worry, Jamie, Lloyd’s Shown the Way I hate to be the bearer of good news for Jamie Dimon, but everything is going to

http://www.propublica.org/article/health-care-sign-ups-this-is-what-transparency-looks-like Health Care Sign-Ups: This Is What Transparency Looks Like Since the federal health insurance exchange has launched, top federal officials have told interviewers that

http://www.propublica.org/article/what-happened-after-congress-passed-a-climate-change-law-very-little What Happened After Congress Passed a Climate Change Law? Very Little Congress did something unusual last year. It passed a bill that acknowledged that

http://m.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/koch-brothers-dark-money-groups-pay-1-million-not-disclosing-contributions/70938/ Koch Brothers’ Groups Pay $1 Million for Not Disclosing Contributions Two dark money groups linked to conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have

by David Kestenbaum NPR – October 25, 2013 A couple months ago, we reported on an new charity called GiveDirectly that’s trying to help poor

by Jane Greenhalgh NPR – October 25, 2013 Imagine a hospital on top of a mountain. How would doctors and patients get in and out?

What Happens When You Just Give Money To Poor People? by David Kestenbaum NPR – October 25, 2013 developing world in an unusual way: By