The Alternative Daily
Jobs Are Back, Yet Millions Still On Food Stamps. Why
The employment rate may have dropped to an eight-year low — 4.9 percent in January 2016 — but the number of food stamp recipients...
Are You a Distracted Walker? (Don’t Walk and Text)
“I was walking down the street and a guy texting suddenly veered toward me, I had to jump out of the way just to...
A New “Road Map” To Preventing Food Waste
In the United States, food waste is a gargantuan issue. Individuals and businesses throw away up to 40 percent of the food we produce...
7 Strange Facts About Our Presidents You Probably Don’t Know
From late-night drinking sessions to allowing pet alligators to roam through the White House, US presidents have more going on than meets the eye....
Under 21 Tobacco Prohibition: Solution Or Desperate Grasp?
If Al Capone taught us anything, it’s that prohibition isn’t effective. But that’s not stopping city governments from upping the minimum smoking age to...
Could Hallucinogenic Drugs Treat Mental Illness?
Hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms (psilocyn) have been illegal in the US since 1970. They are classified as schedule 1 drugs, “the...
It’s Official: NASA Says 2015 Was The Hottest Year In Last...
When a record is broken, it’s often viewed as a positive accomplishment. In the realm of global temperatures, however, records keep being broken, and...
Your Christmas Lights = Enough Juice To Run El Salvador
Rein it in, Clark Griswold! We Americans use more electricity lighting up our homes for Christmas than some small countries use in a year....
They’re Caffeine Junkies Just Like Us + 21 Other Reasons To...
As you’ve probably heard, the population of bees and other pollinators has been declining in recent years. In fact, according to a recent international...
9 Truths About E. Coli
You may not realize it at the time, but after eating or drinking bacteria, problematic symptoms may arise days later. When you suddenly become...
