Author: Madrone

4 million residents of Harbin, China are without water due to a chemical spill in Jilin province. The 80-kilometre (50-mile) long toxic slick is moving down the Songua River towards Russia, causing the evacuation of villages,...

The Friends Committee on National Legislation’s action alert Tell Congress Not to Bring Back the Draft reports that another move is afoot to reinstate the military draft. In May 2005 Representative Charles Rangel (NY), an...

I grew up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s. As a child, I was aware of the ongoing struggle to make this country and this world a better, freer, more humane, more just, and more harmonious world. I learned about the people who...

In many ways, blogs like this one have become the new public square. People meet in these online venues to discuss the important issues of the day. Blogs have also taken on some of the function of the press. Alexis de...

This Sunday is World Day Against Child Labor, and the UN wants to spotlight the 1,000,000+ children working in mines around the world. Child miners perform heavy physical labor in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. They risk...