Senate EPW Hearings Set the Stage for Clean Air Fight
Currently, pushback against the EPA’s efforts to move forward on regulating mercury and other air toxins from power plants has fallen strikingly along party lines.
Author: Marcia G. Yerman
Personal Democracy Forum 2011 — Agents of Change
This was the eighth year that the Personal Democracy Forum convened, and my fourth year in attendance. The stated PdF mission is to examine how technology impacts politics, government, and civil life. The program...
Fracking in New York State — Is the Train Out of the Station?
Most people aren’t aware that in the hydro-fracking process — in addition to the release of gas — toxins including heavy metals and radioactive materials are also sent into the soil, water, and air.
Beowulf Borrit on “The Scottsboro Boys,” Theatre, and Process
My father is a Lincoln scholar, and my mother trained as an opera singer, so the marriage of a pivotal piece of American history to a Broadway musical was right up my alley.
!Women Art Revolution – A Secret History
Like all revolutions, there were strong leaders, cults of personality, and fervent ideological differences that led to fractures.
Blogworld Expo NYC – 2011
As in any culture, there are buzzwords, and this “space” has plenty.
Persephone, Hubris, and Climate Change
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report this June, “Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures Worsening Ozone Pollution.”
Children’s Safety: A Global Parental Concern
It’s interesting to see how the recent disaster in Japan has encouraged parents to construct an agenda to protect their children.
Maria Shriver in Transition
Like other women across the country, Shriver has evolved from a bride — to a woman who has transversed decades of life experience.
The Struggle for Change: Activism vs. Cynicism
I’m not leaving the fight for clean air, safe water, and a non-toxic environment to the cynics.
