Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)

Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass e ...

US Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food (AP)

Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years Mar. 16, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to hi ...

Humanitarian crisis deepens in Japan (Yoko Kubota)

Millions of people in Japan are spending a fourth night without water, food or heating, as tens of thousands of rescue workers struggle to reach them Mar. 15, 2011 -- RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - ...

Till September: The PA’s Meaningless Deadlines (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 25, 2011 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters in the Fatah party want us to believe that dramatic changes are underway in the occu ...

Researcher: Roundup or Roundup-Ready Crops May Be Causing Animal Miscarriages and Infertility (Dr. Don Huber)

(farmandranchfreedom.org) -- One of the nation’s senior scientists alerted the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and spontaneous abort ...

The Guiding Principle (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2011 -- It has been about a month since my rescue from the street. I quickly became sissified, sanctified, civilized and satisfied. I am plagued though, b ...

'We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet': A Conversation With Derrick Jensen (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. and Derrick Jensen Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2011 -- As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same exact tim ...

The Ultimate Oxymoron: Industrial Civilization And Mental Health (Carolyn Baker)

Industrial civilization does not occur among healthy people. ~Ken Carey, Return of The Bird People~ Jan. 11, 2011 -- In the days following the tragic Tucson massacre where Congresswoman Gabrielle Gif ...

Planet Overkill (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "Everything in excess is opposed to nature." --Hippocrates Jan. 14, 2011 -- Back in the Cold War days, a useful myth was that of extreme Soviet supremacy. Surely, if the ...

Ain't That America (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 12, 2011 -- I've heard through the grapevine that the media feeding frenzy is in full swing. The shooting. The shooting! The shooting. But the shooting is onl ...

Declaring Palestine: Revisiting Hope and Failure (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 8, 2011 -- When late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the Declaration of the Palestinian Independence just over 22 years ago, Palestinians everywhere wer ...