Cooperativism in the United States

Health insurance and care cooperatives re-entered the collective mind of the United States' citizenry at the end of July 2009, when they were suggested by the Barack Obama administration as an alternative strategy to democratize and cheapen the health care infrastructure at...

ICE Fugitive Operations Teams make 1,808 arrests in six states during month-l...

The U.S. Immigration and CustomsEnforcement ( ICE ) Announced today that operations teams made atotal of 1,808 arrests in six states.Those states were California, NewJersey, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Most of thosearrested were immigration fugitives."More...

Own Your Media - Vancouver

To be honest, I don't know much about this project but it looks interesting:"“The media is the place where we have a discussion with each other. We can't know everyone individually. We do it through the media. When the kitchen table that we all sit around is controlled by a...

Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat

" Welcome to Infoshop News Saturday, December 15 2007 @ 08:40 PM PST Pine Ridge, South Dakota: Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat Saturday, November 10 2007 @ 12:27 PM PST Contributed by: nolalove Views: 182 IndigenousPorcupine Clinic, located in the small community of...

Vancouver Politicians: "Let's have a Sexy Party" !

OpinionNow Public ContributorPoliticians Mayor Sam "Stewie" Sullivan, Ex-Mayor, Liberal Senator  Larry "Sexy Party" Campbell, NDP Libby Davies, Liberal Hedy Fry, are vying for "Olympic Gold" in their mistaken...

Lil Wayne Busted in Idaho

 You would think with all that money someone else could carry the drugs and guns."Rapper Lil Wayne was arrested early Saturday morning in Boise, Id. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was...

CitySkip: Man Builds Secret Apartment At Mall, Gets Away With It For Four Years

The leader of an artists' cooperative was apprehended and sentenced to probation for illegally setting up a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall in Providence, Rhode Island.

Officials Find Cause of Zaca Fire

I havn't seen the giant smoke cloud in a couple days but I can see it today... it looks like a nuclear bomb went off behind the mountains... "Officials Find Cause of Zaca FireFire Investigators from Santa...

East Kentucky Power Cooperative to pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violatio...

"East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Ky., will spend approximately $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its three plants, the Department of Justice and the...

Cruising On Corn E85 – Not A Smooth Ride :: MAXINE

"The average vehicle driving American would dearly love to be able to do their level best to reduce our dependence on oil and the geopolitical pressures its use presents our country. It would be nice that ALL cars...

Students opt out from their first-choice colleges due to Cost

"Fewer college freshmen are attending their top choice of schools, and many appear to be doing so not because they were rejected by their first choice but for financial reasons, a national survey shows. More than two-thirds (67.3%) are attending their No. 1 choice, the survey...

Carnival of Anarchy

"I have created a blog for a new Carnival of Anarchy"

Tax sleuths quiz Aishwarya dad

"he mystery over the postal parcel containing 23,000 euros (Rs3.7 million) and addressed to Bollywood glamour girl Aishwarya Rai (right) continues, even as the actor’s father Krishnara Rai was Wednesday questioned by sleuths of the Customs department. Mumbai Commissioner...

Sex workers set up co-op

"Sex workers of Sonagachhi were never allowed to open bank accounts. So, they set up their own cooperative, and a good one at that. It now has an annual turnover of Rs 8 crore. This is their second success story, after the AIDS campaign that brought them kudos the world...

Fire Union Challenging EMT Training

"New York - While the October Surprise storm fostered a cooperative spirit within the city's work force, some longer-term disputes are festering behind the scenes. Hours after the fierce weather hit Oct. 12, the fire union agreed to suspend some work rules. Firefighters hit...

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