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Survey: Illegal Corporate Campaign Contributions Up 400%
In 2009, just 1 percent of respondents to National Business Ethics Survey — a large industry study funded by major corporations like Walmart — said they had witnessed illegal …
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Super PACs Are Making Their Rich Presence Felt in 2012 Campaigns
Washington - Super PACs are living up to their early billing as potential game-changers in the 2012 elections. Free to flood a campaign with as much money …
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US Seeks Rollback of a Health Insurer’s “Excessive” Rate Increase
Washington - The Obama administration said Thursday that rate increases sought by ahealth insurance company were unreasonable, and it ordered the insurer to rescind them or justify its refusal …
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Why America Needs Clean Needles
A few years ago, Roseanne Scotti traveled from New Jersey to New York City to buy clean needles. At a busy pharmacy in Manhattan, Scotti told a pharmacist that …
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Guantanamo Has Got to Go: Protesting Ten Years of Indefinite Detention
(Photo: Mark Engler) “Prisoners of Guantanamo turn right,” yelled the marshal. “Prisoners forward!” In response to the call, several hundred people dressed in orange jumpsuits …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Announces Plan to Give Tax Breaks to Businesses Bringing Jobs Back to the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: Two-thirds of Americans believe there are “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor in America, president announced a new plan to give …
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Full-Blown Civil War Erupts on Wall Street: As Reality Finally Hits the Financial Elite, They Start Turning on Each Other
Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing and billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are …
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Governor Walker Accused of Over 1,000 Violations of Campaign Finance Law, Could Face $557,500 Fine
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) may have violated his state’s campaign finance law over 1,000 times in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign by failing to properly report contributions, according to …
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The Tea Party’s Not-So-Civil War
I met Karen Martin, a few days before New Year’s, at a cafe in Greenville, the hub of conservative politics in South Carolina. A 54-year-old refugee from the North …
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Several States Using Little-Known Fund to Jump-Start the Clean Economy
A little-known source of clean energy funding could prove a crucial job-creation engine in the states, as federal support diminishes and they seek fresh growth drivers. …