Environment
US Focus on Climate Could Ease Financial Crisis
Thursday 09 October 2008 | Washington - If the United States focused on curbing climate change as soon as a new president took office - or sooner - it could help pull the world from the financial brink, environmental policy experts told Reuters. "Skyrocketing energy prices and the financial crisis have been a wake-up call that something's got to change," said Cathy Zoi, chief executive officer of the Alliance for Climate Protection, which is chaired by former Vice President Al Gore. »Labor
The Strange Case of the Colorado Labor-Business Coalition
Monday 06 October 2008 | In the Rocky Mountain swing state, business leaders are working alongside unions to defeat a right-to-work ballot initiative. But that doesn't mean Colorado is friendly to organized labor. Inside one of the wackiest political compromises in history. With markets plummeting, financial firms failing, and both presidential campaigns running television ads vilifying corporate executives, it seemed like a natural time to pass the nation's strictest ever corporate malfeasance laws. »Women's Issues
Alexandra Cawthorne | The Straight Facts on Women in Poverty
Wednesday 08 October 2008 | Women in America are more likely to be poor than men. Over half of the 37 million Americans living in poverty today are women. And women in America are further behind than women in other countries - the gap in poverty rates between men and women is wider in America than anywhere else in the Western world. Consider the following facts: Poverty rates are higher for women than men. In 2007,13.8 percent of females were poor compared to 11.1 percent of men. »Health
Oklahoma Ultrasound Law Challenged
Friday 10 October 2008 | Oklahoma City - A legal advocacy group has filed a legal challenge to an Oklahoma law prohibiting a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes what the test shows. The Center for Reproductive Rights said in the lawsuit filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court that the law intrudes on privacy, endangers health and assaults dignity. The lawsuit against the state was filed on behalf of Nova Health Systems doing business as Reproductive Services in Tulsa. »Voter Rights
