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Superfund Sellout

Uniontown Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site for sale

(AKRON, Ohio) - Why is the Uniontown Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site for sale, when there has never been a cleanup of the hundreds of thousands of tons of toxins, only the continued flushing into our groundwater?

I Can`t Get No Satisfactiion: Or Can I?

The Management Moments series by Doug Dickerson is a weekly column designed to bring inspiration to those in the workplace and beyond.

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) - In 1965, the Rolling Stones released their hit song, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. Satisfaction is the first of eight singles to reach number one in the U.S. The last song to hit number one was Miss You, released in 1978. The Rolling Stones have released more than 50 albums and are one of rock music’s most enduring legends.

Circumcision and Penile Anesthesia: Not Before but After

As a doctor doing physical exams hundreds of times a circumcised penis does not look like a normal one; the skin looks leathery and it is no surprise that victims complain that the sensitivity is decreased or even lost.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Exactly why Tim King posted his article about Penile Mutilation, December 26, 2009 in Salem-News.com I have no idea. It brought on a tsunami of responses which really staggered me.

I thought I should enter the fray from the “other side” of the scalpel – Circumcision by an Intern, Dec. 30, 2009.

Valuing Not Just Anne Frank`s Humanity, But All of Humanity Itself

Remembering Miep Giles at 100 years-old.

(LOS ANGELES) - Miep Gies, the last of the brave helpers who hid Anne Frank and her family during World War II, died at the ripe old age of 100, but if that wasn’t enough of an achievement, her actions during World War II rose her to the status of “Righteous Gentile” in her efforts to battle the Holocaust.

Miep lived in Amsterdam during the war, and had it not been for her, it’s doubtful the world would ever have known the name Anne Frank.

COP`s: Oregon`s $500 Million Welfare Program for Wall Street

Borrowing money to build offices to accommodate more staff to manage your existing debts: what a virtuous cycle that is.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - “COP’s are tax-exempt government securities used to raise funds to improve and construct buildings or purchase equipment.”

Latino and Black Youth March Proudly Together in Long Beach to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Youth from ten cities in LA County participated.

(LOS ANGELES) - Media in southern Los Angeles County have often reported conflict between Latinos and Blacks, but today 35 youths carried a banner in the Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade on 16 January specifically to promote peace and to show that the majority of youth want peace and are willing to do something to make peace between the races come true.

“I’m trying to smash the statistics that Black and Brown communities don’t get along,” said Luis Guerrero, a youth from Wilmington.

A Death Warrant for Our Society

Reality tells us that both the economy and social needs are built on a base which is the environment. If the environment is harmed, all eventually collapse.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - Looking Forward It is a new year, my sixty-fourth, which when I reflect is amazing since there was a time when the chances were good that I might not make it to 21. I consider that the last 43 are a bonus, and for the most part, a pretty good one.

When I look forward towards the next 43, most of which will not belong to me, but to my grandchildren, I do not see them being as good as the ones behind me.

Remarks from the President on Civil Rights Movement

Obama's words from the Roosevelt Room followed an Intergenerational reflection on the history of Civil Rights.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. We have just had a wonderful conversation. I want to just tell you a little bit about why we did this. I think sometimes in celebration of Dr. King's birthday we act as if this history was so long ago.

And the reason we brought together some elders and some young people very briefly was not just to visit the Oval Office and see the Emancipation Proclamation, which is going to be on loan to us, but it's also...

A Letter From the Birmingham Jail

Written by Dr. Martin Luther King on 16 April 1963 after being arrested for his part in a protest for Human Rights.

(BIRMINGHAM, Alabama) - My Dear Fellow Clergymen:,

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was "well timed" in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.

Plane Crash Kills Two West of Philomath

Two people from Idaho were killed, authorities found the plane early this morning.

(PHILOMATH, Ore.) - On Sunday, January 17th at approximately 8:00 p.m. Benton County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue personnel and law enforcement deputies were dispatched to search for a missing plane.

Corvallis airport officials reported that a pilot had filed a flight plan that indicated the plane should be arriving in Corvallis at about 4:00 p.m. When the airplane did not arrive, dispatch was notified and search teams dispatched.