Archive for March, 2012
The Nurture of Nuclear
The Nurture of Nuclear Power By NANCY FOLBRE Librado Romero/The New York TimesRegulatory and Congressional support continues for America’s aging nuclear plants, like Indian Point 2, in Buchanan, N.Y., north of New York City. Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Free enterprise? States’ rights? Public opinion? These concepts seem [...]
March 21st: Nuclear Budget Day of Action
ACTION ALERT March 21: Nuclear Budget Day of ActionThe next several weeks will be crucial in deciding whether we continue to waste billions of dollars on unnecessary nuclear weapons programs. Congress is beginning work on the federal budget for 2013. The president has asked for $7.6 billion for the agency that maintains our nuclear warheads, [...]
International Women’s Day Rally and film screening
An International Women’s Day Rally Friday March 9th at 430pm on the Arkansas State Capitol steps. The rally will be followed by a March and Vigil. Groups participating are Arkansas WAND, the Women’s caucus of OLR, AAUW, STAND club of Central High School, Democratic Women and candidates, Planned Parenthood, Women in the Halls, and supporters [...]
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