Ralph Nader

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

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Anthony Shadid dies at 43; New York Times foreign correspondent

2012-02-18 00:00:00

Reporting from New York -- Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them — from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator — died while doing just...

Ernest Callenbach dies at 83; wrote environmental novel 'Ecotopia'

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Ernest "Chick" Callenbach, a film scholar and environmentalist who created a cult favorite in "Ecotopia," a 1975 novel that predicted with uncanny accuracy a world where recycling is commonplace, food is locally grown and energy comes from the sun, died...

Top three revel in their New Hampshire primary victories

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Finding food on Time's '100 Most Influential' list

2012-04-18 16:32:31

Ray C. Anderson dies at 77; carpet tile mogul

2011-08-15 00:00:00

In the summer of 1994, carpet-tile mogul Ray C. Anderson made a sobering discovery: Although his billion-dollar business was the biggest of its kind in the world, everything about it was wrong. That realization came after reading "The Ecology of...

Airports: Are we any safer?

2011-06-12 00:00:00

On May 1, 1961, Inez Harlow flew into the history books. The 23-year-old flight attendant had been suspicious of the slim passenger from the moment he boarded the National Airlines Convair CV-440 in Miami. "He had dark glasses on, his collar up,...

Americans Elect seeks to upend primary system

2011-07-28 00:01:00

County registrar offices across California on Thursday will begin receiving the product of an audacious enterprise — nearly 1.6 million signatures collected by Americans Elect, a group attempting to ride exasperation with the nation's political...

Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation

2011-07-12 16:34:57

Ohio Gov. John Kasich: 'We will not be raising taxes in this state'

2011-03-09 16:35:32

Ralph Nader proposes elimination of college athletic scholarships

2011-03-24 16:33:43

Ralph Nader predicts a second term for Barack Obama

2011-04-27 16:37:09

This was Chevrolet s response to the first wave of the mass-market import cars to hit U.S. shores, especially the Volkswagen Beetle.

2012-04-26 08:26:00

Ralph Nader

2011-12-14 00:00:00

The 80-horsepower Corvair was a $2,000 economy car, soon eclipsed by its bucket-seat Monza coupe.

2011-11-04 12:55:53