I recently tried to find a credit card that 1) offered decent terms 2) Had some sort of meaningful rewards program and 3) was not issued through a national megabank with questionable values, like Bank of America. Most of the time I could only score 2 ...
First Unitarian Church in Portland is hosting the world premier screening of this film at 7pm tonight. Admission is free. This is part of the EcoNvergence conference going on this weekend with keynotes by Noam Chomsky (Friday) and Derrick Jensen ...
OPT-OUT CAMPAIGN: Under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, schools receiving federal funds MUST release students' personal information to military recruiters if they are to continue to receive federal funds. Objective: To get as many ...
Were some superadvanced alien civilization to swoop down to Earth with the definitive explanation of everything in the cosmos, there'd be excitement at first—it would be thrilling to have answers to questions we've tussled with through the ages. But in ...
Grant HS is hosting their Booster Club's major fundraiser on Saturday, October 25th, and they need help. With a downturn in the economy it seems that schools, kids and the needy will be the hardest hit. Last year this event was a sellout and they ...
School districts are required to provide the name and address of all junior & senior students to military recruiters, unless the parent or student informs the school that they do not want that information provided to recruiters. Students can make ...
How many people realize that the two major parties control the debates: pick the locations, set the rules, select the moderators, and determines which candidates participate? The Presidential Debate Commission (PDC) is also exclusively funded by 11 ...
I was just reading Amy Goodman's story about Troy Davis and his death row situation ( http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/25-9). She quoted Georgia Congressman John Lewis who discussing racism and the death penalty said this when Amy pointed out ...
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Photo by: Kevin Winter / Getty Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Jolie-Pitt Foundation has made a $2 million donation to the Global Health Committee to establish a center to aid children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS ...
Three hundred feet below the outskirts of Geneva lies part of a 17-mile-long tubular track, circling its way across the French border and back again, whose interior is so pristine and whose nearly 10,000 surrounding magnets so frigid, that it's one of ...
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