The System is Sick - words & music by Mikuak Rai Pictures from the Walk For Healthcare (http://walk4healthcare.org) Video arrangement by Ogan Gurel

In 1999, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley launched Peace One Day and set out to find a starting point for peace. He had a mission: to document his efforts to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date.

Link between dramatic rise in birth defects & pollution from coal-fired power plants. Clinics' staff threatened with closure if they spoke out. S African scientist exposed scandal. They can't just detoxify these kids, they have to detoxify all of Punjab

A drought in Kenya has gotten so bad that it is felling even the giants of the animal kingdom -- the country's famed elephants which are dying as rivers dry up and grasslands shrivel in parched game reserves.

Strategies to reintroduce the cheetah in the country's wild were discussed threadbare at a workshop on Wednesday with some experts supporting the idea even as the government said an in-depth study is required before taking a decision on the translocat

A Republican House member shouted, "You lie" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress on Wednesday, and members of both parties condemned the heckling.After the speech, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson issued a statement apologizing for his o

Viewers on Main Street, Wall Street and the Global Highway are certain to be watching and listening to President Obama's every word but no one will be listening more closely than the bloggers of The Political Voices of Women.

Canadian Activists Urge Obama to Reject Environmentally-Destructive Oil Extraction from Alberta's Tar Sands:

A day after Pennsylvania officials confirmed the presence of a fungus linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of bats in New England, New Jersey officials yesterday revealed that the situation was much worse on their side of the river.

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that bats had tested positive for the same fungus found in New England bats that have been dying by the tens of thousands during the last two winters.