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The Human Cost of Corruption in the US Senate: Cutting Food Stamps While Giving the Sugar Lobby Billions
Itu2019s not a coincidence that the poor u2014 who do not have well-heeled lobbyists at their disposal u2014 lost while the powerful Sugar Lobby maintained its government favors.
The Regulation Monster
The regulation monster is composed of the mounds of bureaucratic paperwork and red tape that strangles businesses.
Afghanistan’s Corrupt Oligarchy
The brothers of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's incompetent, impossibly vain, and dishonest president, have amassed astonishing fortunes.
Obama Campaign Attacks Romney’s Bain Outsourcing, But Support for Outsourcing is Bipartisan Corruption
The Obama campaign just released a campaign commercial talking about how Mitt Romney, while working at Bain Capital, oversaw the outsourcing of Americans jobs to China and Mexico. The …
A Biblical Threat to National Security
Can a Bible be a u201cthreat to national securityu201d? For years, the government has employed the risk of u201cnational securityu201d excuse to infringe on a wide range of …
Suppressing Democracy 101
Both major political parties have been guilty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their partyu2019s candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is …
Occupy is Not Dead, Occupy Continues to Work for Justice
The U.S. media has been writing an obituary for Occupy, but in fact Occupy is active all over the country and is just being ignored by the corporate media. …
Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070
Shortly after the 2010 passage of SB 1070, Arizonau2019s notorious immigration bill, 20,000 people gathered in Phoenix for a May Day march to protest the new law. Instead of …
Life on Refinery Row
Jeannine Foster, the family matriarch, worries about the pitfalls of this seemingly symbiotic relationship. Her father and brother were badly injured during the Coastal States explosion in the early …
Election Countdown 2012: Florida Agrees on Tuition Hike for State Universities, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!