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Sustainability Means Consume Less

The conditions that have supported humans historically are dependent upon a loop of sustainability that provides a certain amount renewable resources through a widely bio-diverse web.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - I was going over some of the press releases from the provincial government recently when I found one from last April titled Awards Honour Commitment To Sustainable Mining.

This is yet another sad example of how far off base our political leadership is, not to mention the captains of industry, all who should be smart enough to know better.

Salem-News.com Asks Viewers for Support

Salem-News.com and a few reasons why viewer support is more than meaningful, it is crucial to our existence.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com exists after six years because it has a good mission, and a lot of drive. The site's founders left established mainstream media careers to start the nation's first independent Internet news group in 2004.

They have given everything possible to meet the demands of daily news for over half a decade and they need your help to continue.

Movie Review: The Candidate

A defining movie for Americans?

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Americans, on the whole, just don’t get it. .

Op Ed: Deceitful Dialog, Doubtful-Named, Damages Democracy

No Latitude for Lying About Facts In Comments Here.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - From Day One Salem-News has stood up for full, open, honest --and thus democratic-- American dialog.

Our Comments format was shaped to encourage and permit precisely that kind of full statement, strong and potent precisely because it reflects REAL PEOPLE --in their own words, after cogitation on strong feelings.

Yes! Those With Disabilities Are People Too!

Taking time to consider the achievements related to the Americans With Disabilities Act.

(CLEVELAND, Ohio) - At Salem-News.com we root for the common man, anyone who reads our pages knows that. Among common men and women, some of our best friends are disabled.

It is important to note that today signifies a substantial mark in the progress for those who live with disabilities. Twenty years ago, the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law.

Gaza Summer Games Puts in World Record Bid

Taking on world records in an embattled war zone; the kids of Gaza have endless spirit, over 100 photos in slideshow.

(BETHLEHEM MA'AN) - For the second summer in a row, the UN Relief and Works Agency made a visually stunning bid for the Guinness Record Books, gathering 250,000 children in Gaza for what could be the world's largest simultaneous basketball bounce.

Following one year on the heels of the 2009 summer triumph when 6,000 of Gaza's children from 119 schools brought their homemade kites out to the Beit Lahiya beach and set them aloft in the wind, the latest challenge could set yet another benchmark, putting Gaza's children firmly in the record books.

Exclusive Intifada Interview with Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna

Intifada Exclusive Interview with his Eminence Archbishop Theodosios “Atallah Hanna” - Archbishop of Sebastia, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Of Jerusalem.

(MEXICO CITY) - In this special interview with Archbishop Theodosios, Elis Harb learns that in Jerusalem, "more and more Muslims and Christians are having great difficulties in entering the city. We see thousands are denied the entry to their holiest sites."

The Archbishop share views on everything from the current state of affairs, to the historic Balfour Declaration that created Israel, and the recent attack on the aid ship Mavi Marmara that left nine dead.

Earning the Right to Serve

In the end, what you have done to touch and impact the lives of others is what will truly make a difference. It is then you will understand the power of serving.

(CHARLESTON, SC) - I will never forget driving through a small Florida town many years ago. As I drove past a small family diner there was a sign out front that read, “Come in and eat before we both starve.”

Long Term Trends: Energy Economics

Money is an abstraction of value. Value is the reality, determined by necessity, for which all social exchange takes place.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Economics, or to be precise money, rules the day-to-day lives of many people in our society. When people go to vote in elections, they are told by pollsters that the most important issues are jobs, the economy, and taxes, all of them questions of money.

Inconsistencies Found in Rwandan Murder Investigation

Inconsistencies called "glaring."

(BUTARE TOWN, Rwanda / PORTLAND, Ore.) - Human Rights Watch is calling for the Rwandan Government to allow independent foreign experts to carry out an autopsy on the body of André Kagwa Rwisereka, vice president of the opposition Democratic Green Party.