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Four Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs
It's no secret that advertising works. Big Pharma wouldn't spend over $4 billion a year on direct-to-consumer advertising if it didn't mean massive profits. What is more …
The Washington Post: Sneaky Persians Menace Pentagon’s Noble Aim to Keep US Troops in Afghanistan Forever
In a front page exposé on January 4, The Washington Post revealed that sneaky Persian agitators are conspiring to thwart the Pentagon's noble aim of keeping 10,000-30,000 US troops …
Self-Dealing: Even Ex-Federal Watchdogs Are Doing It
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Several years ago, I pushed for a revival of the old “Truman Committee” in the US Congress to look at war fraud …
Lesson From New Hampshire: The Powerlessness of the American Citizen
Hanging out in New Hampshire for the run-up to the primary is a powerful education in how undemocratic the American political system is. Corporate-funded journalists run around, …
By the Numbers: Ten Years at Guantánamo Bay
The 10-year anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, offers few opportunities for celebration. The prison has been described as …
Congresswoman Accepts Money Tied to For-Profit Colleges, Then Touts Schools’ Efficiency
Rep. Virginia Foxx, who heads the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, has accepted campaign contributions from several for-profit colleges. (Photo: republicanconference) Rep. Virginia Foxx, a North …
What’s Ahead for Guantanamo Camps in New Decade?
Miami - Ten years ago, U.S. troops marched 20 men in chains off a military cargo plane at Guantanamo Bay to launch America’s war-on-terror experiment in offshore detention and …
How Media and Pollsters Pundify the Public and Marginalize Actual Ideas
As so many follow “the opinion polls” in New Hampshire, keep this in mind: They don't measure opinion. The tracking question being continuously asked is some minor varient of …
The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The distinction between military support and combat roles vanished in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars of occupation. With this blurring of boundaries, …
Romney Looks Like the Nominee, but His Flaws Could Hurt Come Fall
Merrimack, New Hampshire - Mitt Romney heads out of New Hampshire on Wednesday on a probable march to the Republican presidential nomination — but with scars and weaknesses that …