Photo: Abrahm Lustgarten // ProPublica ProPublica recently published journalist Abraham Lustgarten’s special project series covering injection wells. The latest story in the series converges on Christensen Ranch in Wyoming where industry giant Uranium One mines for uranium and disposes of its waste in an aquifer with EPA permission. However, the Safe Drinking Water Act outlawed injecting toxic and nontoxic industrial waste into or above water aquifers. Any company wishing to dispose of waste u...

Photo: Charles Dharapak On Wednesday President Obama met with the Business Roundtable to cover his plan to balance the budget and hear business leaders' concerns over the debt ceiling. "Most of you were involved in discussions and watched the catastrophe that happened in August of 2011," said President Obama, "And we can't afford to go there again...So I want to send a very clear message to people here:  We are not going to play that game next year." The President also made it clear that cuts...

Redlands is a beautiful city full of Victorian houses and tall majestic trees. However, beneath the surface Redlands is suffering from rising poverty and homelessness like the rest of the nation. According to the last report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, roughly fifteen percent of the American population is currently living in poverty and despite Redlands' relatively low unemployment rate, about seven percent, the city's poverty rate mirrors that of the nation. Unfortunately...