April 2012
26 posts
How One Man Led A Drowning Nation
Maldives is going underwater. Literally.
Due to rising sea levels, studies suggest that the country, a chain of nearly 1,200 islands, could be uninhabitable by 2100. What’s the leader of the lowest lying country on Earth to do?
Read more and watch our exclusive interview with the former Maldives President here.
March 2012
19 posts
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TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
Childhood asthma is on the rise as political battles threaten EPA’s air pollution rules.
Asthma was once just an academic concern for Sylvia Brandt, who has spent years studying the chronic lung condition and calculating its tragic toll. Now, the threat is personal.
Read more here.
“I don’t know what to tell you other than I take it one moment, one day at a time,”
—Amanda Patrick, 31, after losing her home and her neighbors from the Illinois tornado: http://huff.to/zWfcV0
“Iowa has some of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the nation. Lawmakers should be focusing on strengthening these pathetic laws, not silencing whistleblowers who expose animal abuse or other serious issues.”
—Nathan Runkle, spokesman for Mercy For Animals, an animal welfare group: http://huff.to/A1PoVh
“I am far from the perfect legislator, but when all is said and done, I’m the one who has to look myself in that mirror, and today I do so with a clear conscience.”
—Dale Schultz, Wisconsin senator, on rejecting the mining compromise: http://huff.to/y2CkQ6
