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The Food Gods Speak: Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser Dish About Walmart, National Security, and Chicken Nuggets
When Pollan last ate a chicken nugget, whether Schlosser thinks that Walmart's new healthy food initiatives are for real, and what you and I can do.
News
The Year in Washington: Key Moments from a Do-Nothing Congress
We look at the action and inaction this year's shamefully combative Congress.
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Infographic: Your Congressman Is Old
See just how old our oldest Congress ever is.
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Bernie Sanders Filibuster Word Cloud
A visualization of the most used words in Senator Sanders's epic filibuster speech.
Environment
Death of a Climate Bill: The Comic
The long, slow death of a climate bill, in comic strip form.
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Help the Sunlight Foundation Identify All These Lobbyists
The Sunlight Foundation turned the cameras around to take pictures of all the power brokers who show up to Senate hearings. Recognize anyone?
Environment
Introducing the American Power Act: In Kerry's Own Words
[Yesterday] was a busy day here—started early with some curtain-raising morning television to kick off the discussion a bit about the American...
Education
DREAM Act Delayed After House Passage. Will Senate Reciprocate?
The Senate just voted to table debate on the DREAM Act until early next week. Will it get the 60 votes needed for passage?
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Measuring the Senate
GOOD and Catalogtree look at the statistics behind the Senate's activity (or inactivity) over the last 20 years.
Lifestyle
Food Safety Bill Brought Back from the Dead
In a surprise vote on Sunday evening, the Senate passed the Food Safety Modernization Act, which now looks set to become law. But will it work?
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Mr. Rogers Takes on the Senate, and Wins
It sometimes feels like stuff this wonderful doesn't happen anymore. Fortunately YouTube is there with seemingly every moment of television...
Environment
This Week in TreeHugger: Bill Clinton Riffs on Emissions during a Slow Climate Week, Plus Brad On Green Building, Byrne On the Cycling-Dog Poop Connection, and Urine on Your Tomatoes
Treehuggers were all over the map this week: Brian Merchant sat down with Bill Clinton on the sidelines of the Clinton Global Initiative,...
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Let's End the Filibuster
Endless debate is destroying American democracy In 1994, a first-term Connecticut Democrat offered slow-moving Washington a bold and prescient...
Environment
COP15 Video: "The Fate of My Country Rests in Your Hands"
Ninety-five percent of the time, the plenaries and contact groups and informal meetings in the UNFCCC process are mind numbingly boring. But...
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To Our Massachusetts Readers, Don't Forget to Vote
Remember, no matter who you vote for, make sure you vote in today's special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Special elections, even...
Environment
Immigration Reform and Climate Change: A Tale of Two Issues in the Senate
Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) decision to withdraw from discussions with his Senate colleagues regarding climate legislation has been greeted by...
