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An Antidote to Corporate Lies: How to Still Pass the Disclose Act
Do you remember “And for the Sake of the Kids”? It was the motherhood-and-apple pie PAC through which coal company Massey Energy spent $3 million to defeat West Virginia's …
Bipartisan Senate Energy Bill Would Increase Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Development
Washington- For comedian-cum-politician Al Franken, wasting energy is no laughing matter. That conviction prompted the rookie Minnesota Democratic senator to pair up with a Republican in July to introduce …
Our Prisons Don’t Do Us Justice
Lock the prisons, Toss the key; Just don't send The bill to me. Prison numbers are tough to pin down. There is the federal system, there are 50 state …
US to File First Free Trade Labor Rights Case Against Guatemala
US Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk announced Friday that the US will file a case against Guatemala for labor rights violations.
New Evidence About Prisoners Held in Secret CIA Prisons in Poland and Romania
On Friday, the Polish Border Guard Office released a number of documents to the Warsaw-based Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, which, for the first time, provide details of the …
Ties to Labor Unions Can Be Dangerous at One Alabama University
The business dean at an Alabama university tried to force a department chairman to help unlawfully terminate a faculty member who has ties to labor unions and liberal politics, …
Bringing a “Whole New Mind” to the BP Oil Catastrophe
I picked up and couldn't stop reading, author Daniel Pink's “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainer's Will Rule the Future,” because I reside with three of his so-called "R(ight …
The Plight of Three Journalists Imprisoned in Iran Reveals the Risks That Come With Real Reporting
Journalist Shane Bauer made his friend Shon Meckfessel promise he wouldn’t let him work during their vacation in the Kurdistan mountains in northern Iraq last summer. Bauer, 27, and …
Zach Carter | Conservative Deficit Hawks Demand Tax Cut Extensions
The same conservatives who spent the past year senselessly screaming about the U.S. budget deficit are now demanding an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich. The …
As Pakistani Government Falters After Flooding, Islamists Fill Void
Nowshera, Pakistan — Amid wide complaints about an inadequate government response, private charities, including some linked to Islamic extremists, are stepping in to help victims of the worst flooding …