How Wolves Saved the Foxes, Mice and Rivers of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park was plagued by defoliation, erosion and an unbalanced ecosystem, but everything changed when wolves were reintroduced to the park in 1995.
How Would You Feel About a 4-Day Workweek?
As productivity has soared, time off has not kept pace. It’s time to change that.
Human Brains Unable To Add Neurons After Adolescence
The brains of birds and mice continue to produce new nerve cells in the hippocampus throughout life. But research now suggests the human brain stops doing this around adolescence.
Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead. | The Huffington Post
These conservation success stories remind us that the mass extinction of the world’s species doesn’t have to be inevitable.
Hurricane Harvey Tests Limits of Federal Flood Insurance Program
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the greater Houston region is offering another grim reminder: the federal government’s national flood insurance program, NFIP, is going to become even more financially unsustainable — and it’s already $25M in debt.
Hurricane Irma and climate change – The Washington Post
We can’t afford to keep pretending.
I hiked the Colorado Trail and Restored my Faith in People
Food & Water Watch Organizer Lisa Trope hiked 450 miles along the Colorado trail this summer renewing her commitment to fighting to protect our climate, food and water.
If we keep treating health insurance as a product, nothing will change
One of the biggest problems with health insurance is that we allow Republicans to treat it as if it is a consumer product.
Imagine a government run by people, not money.
The goal of American Promise is to end Citizens United v. FEC by winning the 28th Amendment to The Constitution. This will restore American democracy in which we citizens – not money, not corporations, not special interests – govern ourselves.