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As FDA Loosens Stranglehold on Research, Studies Use Hallucinogens to Treat Psychiatric Illness
More than 35 years ago, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with similar agencies around the world, imposed a crushing stranglehold on legitimate research with psychedelic …
Short-Changing the Nation: Retirement Taxes Shield the Affluent
For almost 40 years, starting in 1974, Uncle Sam has generously subsidized retirement accounts for the golden years. Annual contributions are commonly tax-free. Gains accumulate tax-deferred, usually for decades. …
Why You Should Still Care About Chicago’s NATO Summit
Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Merrick Brown) When it was announced in March that the G-8 summit would not take place in Chicago as scheduled, but instead Camp David, Occupy …
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ALEC’s Vision of Pre-Empting EPA Coal Ash Regulations Passes the House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment on April 18 to the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 (HR 4348) that would effectively pre-empt the Environmental Protection Agency …
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Paul Ryan Tries to Shelter the Rich With Gee-Whiz Economics
Paul Ryan is the chairÂman of the House BudgeÂt CommiÂttee. (Photo: Luke SharrÂett / The New York TimesÂ) One impression Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget …
The Globalization of Hollow Politics
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort.The offices of the French Socialist Party in the Cergy suburb of Paris, Feb. 24, 2012. …
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MSNBC: Evidence of Multiple Shooters, Night Raid in Sergeant Bales Case
The first story was shaky from the start, that Sgt. Robert Bales “sneaked” off a combat outpost into hostile, landmined territory in the middle of the night, walked north …
Labor Unions’ Fight for the 99 Percent Goes Beyond Raising Campaign Dollars
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Protesting provisions of Governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill, February, 2011, Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo: Richard …
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Two Heads Aren’t Always Better Than One
The corporate propensity for rationalizing the irrational in the pursuit of profit appears to be boundless. Consider J.R. Simplot, a giant agribusiness conglomerate whose phosphate mining operations in Idaho …
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Ten Reasons the JOBS Act Is an Insane Race to the Bottom
The JOBS Act is insane on many levels. It creates an extraordinarily criminogenic environment in which securities fraud will become even more out of control. One of the forms …