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Super Bowl Fever in New Orleans and the Militarization of Sport’s Biggest Spectacle
Sportswriter Dave Zirin, author of A People’s History of Sports in the United States, says the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl appearance—at least for the moment—is boosting spirits in …
Heart to Heart: Four Leading Cardiologists Open Up About America’s No. 1 Killer
For all the strides we've made against heart disease, it still accounts for 26 percent of all deaths in the U.S. This year alone, it will cost $316 billion …
Connie Schultz | Snow Job in Washington
The night before the big snow started to drop on our nation's capital, frenzied shoppers stockpiled toilet paper as if the entire city were about to be scooped up …
GRITtv: Feminism, the Super Bowl and the Media
CBS has changed its longstanding policy of not allowing issue ads during the Super Bowl to accept an anti-choice advertisement from Focus on the Family, and women’s groups are …
False Profits
False Profits: Recovering From the Bubble Economy By Dean Baker PoliPoint Press, 2010 He who feels punctured must once have been a bubble. - Lao Tzu, Tao Te …
“First Dude” Todd Palin Heavily Involved in Governing Alaska
More than an “unpaid advisor” to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, “First Dude” Todd Palin seemed to have his hands on the machinery of government and politics. Then there …
The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism, Part 2
Yesterday, Truthout ran the first part of an interview with Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic, a Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University who has written three books on US misconduct …
Health Care Spending Skyrockets and Shows No Signs of Tapering
In 2009, health care spending grew by 5.7 percent, now reaching $2.5 trillion. It is the largest increase since the federal government began tracking these figures in 1960, according …
Same Work, More Play: Cash-Strapped States May Shorten Employee Workweeks
After weathering a year of economic catastrophe, we could all use a day off ... permanently.
House Likely to End Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
Washington - The House of Representatives plans next week to vote on — and probably approve — a measure to strip health insurers' antitrust protections, which will be Congress' …