A larger narrative on lobbying reform and corporate responsibility has to emerge from this string of recent mining disasters. Corporate influence on public policy has undermined safety standards in multiple industries, and now very publicly in mining. Finally the Senate has declared they’ll hold hearings on the Crandall Canyon Mining Disaster and require co-owners Robert […]
My friend Zac took a few really lovely photos at the DMI Summer Institute that I wanted to share. Keep clicking for more photos.
Smattering of photos of time in New York. More photos after the jump. DMI Scholars minus one at the pier, pre-city lights cruise.
Terrific idea and one Democratic governors and state legislatures should follow: Mr. Spitzer’s bill, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act, would update current law, which, for example, does not include a provision allowing for abortions late in pregnancies to protect a woman’s health. New York state laws on the books also treat abortion as […]