Author: Natasha Chart

Is it just me, or is does it seem like the temperature’s setting in to get warmer, or like the weather all over the world is going crazy, while Congress’ response has been tepid? Right. Just me, then. And on that...

Bill McKibben, who’s run the Step It Up! efforts to draw attention to the climate crisis has urged people to support carbon emission reductions of 80% by 2050. That people are paying attention, that Congress is starting to...

When it’s Iranian, silly. The Bush administration now wants to label a branch of the Iranian military as a terrorist organization: By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States may soon designate...

The perpetual outrage that is our prison system (h/t Ampersand) … According to a 2005 report of the International Centre for Prison Studies in London, the United States—with five percent of the world’s population—houses 25...

A discussion by Melissa Ryan at MyDD about women in the Netroots. Twisty Faster isn’t impressed with the BlogThing feminist quiz. Feministing’s weekly feminist reader, including a link to the 42nd feminist blog...