I learned of the issue of "downer cows" by reading a report on Common Dreams: You wouldn’t think you could “spin” a video that shows slaughterhouse workers electric shocking downer cows, “water boarding” them, jabbing their eyes with herding paddles and ramming them with forklift blades while they squeal in…
Many of them eat much the same food as you, but there are many differences too. This is a wonderful photo-essay published by Time. The Photographs, by Peter Menzel, are from the book Hungry Planet. The unvarnished facts speak loudly while you click through the series of photos. I found that viewing these…
Yes, you could continue on your merry way, spending money on the wrong types of things for all the wrong reasons. We've all done this. But we don't have to keep doing things this way. To give you an assist, you can get some ideas and inspiration from New American Dream. It…
Senator Bernie Sanders writes that the American Middle Class is being decimated. He cites some interesting numbers. Here's a couple shockers: Robert Frank, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has detailed the lives of the rich and famous in the book Richistan. He writes that households with a net worth of…
When you drop food on the floor, it's generally OK to pick it up and eat it, according to this article from ScienceDaily. You knew this already, considering how you act when no one is watching!