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Noam Chomsky, Op-Ed: That's hardly all. A new study from the Climate Vulnerability Monitor has found that "climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades." The study was widely reported elsewhere but Americans have been spared the disturbing news. The official Democratic and Republican platforms on climate matters are reviewed in Science magazine's Sept. 14 issue. 
Aviva Shen, News Analysis: Monsanto's corporate affairs director fired back that the company is not responsible for the outdated building: "It is our understanding that the school in question was built over 50 years ago, was poorly maintained, and was scheduled for demolition years ago since it had outlived its useful life." Many of the schools in Massachusetts have also "outlived" themselves, partly due to the same man who helped Monsanto outlive its disastrous PCB scandal. 
Amy Goodman, Op-Ed: The Green Party's Stein, a medical doctor from Massachusetts, said: "Under the Obama White House, which basically codified the violations of George Bush, the attacks on our privacy rights, on First Amendment rights, the criminalization of the right to protest ... things are not working under Democrats, under Republicans alike. We need a government that is of, by, and for the people, not sponsored and working for big money." 
Peter Richards, News Report: Caribbean countries are hoping that by the time the international community gathers in the Pacific in 2014 for the Third International Conference for the Sustainable Development of SIDS, there will be progress on a number of recommendations that, for instance, emerged from the Rio+20 conference held in Brazil earlier this year. "The failure to date to reach a legally binding outcome on climate change is cause of grave concern," said Dominica's U.N. Ambassador Vince Henderson. 
Jeremy Peters, Op-Ed: "Imagine what would happen if activists from the Tea Party, Occupy movement, and every ideological in-between were to unite in a display of displeasure with the status quo and to issue a demand to repair what has been broken. In so doing, the normal workings of lawmakers and lobbyists in Washington D.C would become effectively paralyzed. Might that do the trick?" 
Justin Elliott, News Report: "Checking yes is a yellow flag for the IRS, which likely would cause the IRS to refer the application to an agent for consideration and follow-up questions," said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, an expert in nonprofit tax law at the University of Notre Dame law school. "There could be donors saying, 'I'm not comfortable giving to you until I know you are a 501(c)(4) and my identity is protected. So I want that IRS [approval] letter.'" 
Van Jones, Video Report: Van Jones gives an analysis of Mitt Romney's side of the debate, telling CNN that governor Romney, "will say anything to get elected." Van Jones also makes reference to Romney as an etch-a-scetch board and calling "47 percent of American's moochers." Van Jones finds difficulty in understanding where governor Romney failed to elaborate about his budget cuts such as cutting out programs like "Big Bird." 
Froma Harrop, Op-Ed: Here was a poor Austrian immigrant, a self-made, maniacally hardworking planner of his destiny, feeling no way inferior in the House of Kennedy. That he was also a darn good progressive governor suggests that the Kennedy connection and name was only a temporary help. Arnold now has his own name on an academic center, the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy at the University of Southern California, Schwarzenegger knew exactly what personal dish to deliver "60 Minutes." 
Clint Henderson, News Report: "This top 10 list is controversial, and not for the faint of heart. These unnerving videos include police officers and their unwarranted BEAT-DOWNS of the following: a special-ed kid, a grandmother trying to pay her bills at a Hooters, a homeless man with schizophrenia, and a woman already handcuffed and at the police station who had just gotten in a car wreck (no alcohol involved)... to name a few." 
Richard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: Then there are youth voters, a critical Democratic voting bloc that has lost a lot of enthusiasm for this race. While people think of Medicare as an "older person's issue," Obama missed a chance to present himself as a youth advocate. Romney said "neither the president nor I are proposing any changes for any current retirees or near retirees, either to Social Security or Medicare." 
Jim Morris, News Report: Rainey declined to grant such status last year, saying the residents hadn't proved that emissions from Citgo were the "specific cause" of their ailments. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a petition — filed by Cassell and another lawyer — stating that the residents were, in fact, crime victims. The appellate court told Rainey to consider new arguments raised by the petition. 
Elizabeth Ben-Ishai , News Report: "Studies show that women who receive infant formula samples in maternity wards are more likely to stop breastfeeding sooner and less likely to breastfeed exclusively. Though all major health care organizations recommend that infants be breastfed exclusively through six months, only 16.3 percent of moms nationwide achieve this goal. Experts agree that one of the obstacles to exclusive breastfeeding is ubiquitous infant formula marketing." --
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