Pat Robertson explains which parts of science you're allowed to believe, by Hunter Sean Hannity: Americans don't go to bed hungry, because rice and beans are cheap, by Laura Clawson When a Blue Dogs falls in a primary, every Democrat in Congress hears it, by Chris Bowers CISPA and you: how it would work and how it could work better, Joan McCarter Testing-driven education means giant corporate profits and 'pineapples don't have sleeves', by Laura Clawson The anti-family effects of austerity, by Dante Atkins Billion dollar GEO prison-for-profit group abandons its Mississippi “cesspool," by Denise Oliver Velez A preview of military sexual assault survivors' call to DC for truth and justice, by Scott Wooledge
When it comes to voting, only 61 percent say they are registered and only 46 percent say they will definitely vote in 2012. Forty-five percent say they are independents, and 33 percent are Democrats. Forty-eight percent say they would like to see Barack Obama win the presidential race, and 41 percent say they would prefer a Republican in the White House. However, when race is taken into account, there are sharper differences. While 92 percent of black Millennials and 61 percent of Latino Millennials would prefer a Democrat for president in 2012, 55 percent of white Millennials want a Republican.
The taller the tower the greater the threat, the study found. The 1,000 or so towers above 900 feet accounted for only 1.6 percent of the total number of towers. Yet these skyscraper towers killed 70 percent of the birds, about 4.5 million a year, [the study's lead author Travis] Longcore said.
Fifty-four percent of respondents opposed doing away with subsidies for oil, gas, coal, nuclear or renewable energy, while 47% favored the idea. Support for building more nuclear power plants has fallen dramatically, to 42% from 61% in 2008. The Yale-George Mason University poll [...] found that 76% of Americans support regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas pollutant and that two-thirds believe the U.S. should pursue policies to reduce its carbon footprint.
The Yale-George Mason University poll [...] found that 76% of Americans support regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas pollutant and that two-thirds believe the U.S. should pursue policies to reduce its carbon footprint.
Private-security teams in London have become an “incredible army” and “the eyes and ears of the city” thanks to a coordination program called Project Griffin, according to Rachel Briggs, policy director at the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The organization develops responses to security challenges.