Stay Hydrated, They Say — Unless You’re a Construction Worker

Jim Hightower, Humor Times

The always cruel Texas GOP eliminated a requirement in Texas cities that developers provide 10-minute water breaks. How are they to stay hydrated? About 150 years ago, Gen. … Read more

Rights of Nature: An Indigenous Idea

Jim Hightower, Humor Times

The Rights of Nature concept is an organic outgrowth of the reality that Earth and its many creatures and elements are inextricably connected. If an inanimate, self-serving, monopolistic … Read more

Vandals Took the Handles: Who Controls Our Water?

Jim Hightower, Humor Times

Our water system is badly broken: after years of neglect and corruption, it’s clear the “vandals took the handles.” “The pump don’t work ’cause the vandals took the … Read more

What Really Poisoned the Water in Flint

Jim Hightower, Humor Times

An undemocratic, unelected “emergency manager” and the governor’s cost-cutting austerity mania doomed Flint residents. The mantra of every Koch-headed, right-wing politico is that government should be run like … Read more

Flint to Turn Lead from Water Crisis into Pencils, Bullets

Flint to Turn Lead from Water Crisis into Pencils, Bullets

Excess lead could also be used in bullets for local police handling Flint water riots FLINT, MI — After recent controversy regarding toxic levels of lead in the … Read more

NASA: California Now Above Mars on Water Scarcity List

NASA: California Now Above Mars on Water Scarcity List

California drought, paired with discovery of water on Mars, forces NASA reappraisal. The day after NASA announced they had found water on Mars, the agency revised its list … Read more

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