In Maastricht, Netherlands, a church is converted into a bookstore. News An experimental HIV vaccine may reduce infection. Paul Kirk will be named to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat on an interim basis. Health care Protect Insurance Companies PSA Pastor Joel C. Hunter, David Gushee and Ron Sider separate fact from fiction on the Ryan-DeLauro …
This man is my President. I love him. More sobering is this video footage of the landscape post-Station Fire: News In a major foreign policy shift, the US shelves its plans for a European-based missile defense system. Van Jones breaks the silence on his resignation. Green VW unveils a new electric car. The world’s ocean …
Health care Here’s the video of the President’s address to the joint session of Congress. You can read the remarks here and see the plan here. And here’s the BBC’s coverage. Green Treehugger looks at some of the dirtiest tricks pulled by opponents of clean energy reform. Miscellaneous Two-thirds of income gains went to the …
News An earthquake hits off the coast of Indonesia, killing at least 35 people. The California Station Fire may have been human-caused. Human trafficking The California State Assembly passes a human trafficking bill. Green The Great Barrier Reef is under threat. Miscellaneous Van Jones uses "a**holes" as a technical, political kind of term. I love …
News Typhoons Morakat and Etau hit east Asia hard. Here’s the BBC’s coverage. Human trafficking A tour guide in Malaysia is charged with trafficking. Trafficking in Taiwan. Watch the International Justice Mission documentary "At the End of Slavery" online tomorrow 1pm (I think it’s PST). Health care The New York Times offers a primer on …