Mountain View -
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced Monday that the Internet giant would no longer support the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), citing the conservative pro-business group's climate change denial and "lies."
New York -
The New York Times has been doing some soul-searching of America. Facts and figures have added up, and the result is a pretty sorry spectacle. In short, the only U.S. media site that can still spell has at last got the message.
Citizens across the U.S. are attempting to break free of the fossil fuel industry and do what state and federal governments are unwilling to do by installing solar panels. They now face a backlash from politicians and the energy companies they back.
A Wisconsin scholar's revelations of how the American Legislative Exchange Council is driving the GOP's agenda is catching national attention, awakening U.S. citizens everywhere, and upsetting the corporately controlled political establishment.
Actor Alec Baldwin, who currently stars in the hit TV show "30 Rock," was so moved by a story about a US soldier headed to Iraq, that he wants to help pay for her college. The soldier hopes to be a biochemist.
About 2,000 construction workers, electricians, carpenters and other union members rallied at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Tuesday, pushing back against a fast-tracked right-to-work bill backed by Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker.