Tag / EPA
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Red Tape Blues: The Need For More Bureaucratic Independence
We often use ‘bureaucracy’ as a dirty word. Everyone has a horror story about waiting in line for hours at the DMV or spending ages trying to file their taxes correctly. Dealing with red tape has become part of Americans’ day-to-day life. [su_pullquote align=”right”]The legislative branch makes policy, but bureaucracy is how policy actually happens.[/su_pullquote]Since most…
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Boundless Bodies: Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Places
A woman loses both her legs in the aftermath of tampon-induced Toxic Shock Syndrome. A child suffers brain damage years after innocently biting a lead-painted toy. A man spends nineteen days on a ventilator after waterproofing his boots. We hear these stories on the news, but quickly tune them out. Our apathetic attitudes seem rational.…
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Double Tracking Rides the Climate Legislation Off the Rails
Barack Obama has called health reform his top domestic priority. And though providing health insurance and care to America’s 45 million uninsured is indeed a pressing moral issue, the yearlong process has tied up the activities of Congress’s upper houseThe House of Representatives has been hard at work, passing bill after critical bill, while the…
