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In "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck dubbed Route 66 “The Mother Road.” Now this long-abandoned cross-country byway gets a second life as an epic bike touring highway.
Obviously, everyone loves a nice strip mall. The parking lot, the low-slung, cheap-looking buildings, the pedestrian walkways that no drivers...
The film's magic is its ability to make us realize that we're all human. But let's not forget, when the economy collapsed, some were more culpable than others.
Climate chaos has kicked into high gear this summer. That means new opportunities for activists.
Gas prices are falling. Americans are willing to deal with a 13 percent hike in electricity bills if it means...
Thank goodness, my prediction was wrong: The court lets Obama's health plan survive to be tested where it should be, at the polls in November.
What did hundreds of scientists and Big Ag executives decide when they met last week to discuss the mounting crisis of herbicide-resistant 'superweeds'? That they should spray more herbicides, of course.
Temperatures on the east coast are spiking – and so is electricity usage. Take a sneak peek at the future.
Portland, Ore., Mayor Sam Adams says that cities are ideally positioned to lead the way toward prosperity.
