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Department of Justice Accused of Undermining FOIA Ombudsman
Indeed, one veteran Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requester said,
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Obama to Stop Deporting DREAM-Eligible Youth, Protecting One Million Undocumented Students
President Obama will announce a new immigration policy this morning that will allow some undocumented students to avoid deportation and receive work authorization.
Health Insurance Companies Plowed Over $107 Million Into Electing Speaker Boehner’s Anti-Health Reform Congress
And not only has this money corrupted our government, we didnu2019t even find out about it until two years after it was spent since it was hidden in 501(c) …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican War on Women Has Reached the Military, and More
In today's On the News segment: Meet the billionaire who's trying to buy the 2012 election for Mitt Romney, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim wants the rest of the world …
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The Great Retirement Squeeze – Pension Cuts Mean Poverty for Future Elders
Only a week after an election signaling a rollback in public-employee retirement benefits, new Federal Reserve data show a sharp decline in family wealth. The effect is especially acute …
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The Prosecution Rests in D17 Occupy Wall Street Case
The third day of the D17 trial concluded on Wednesday, June 13, with the prosecution resting their case and the defense set to present theirs Thursday morning.
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Charting the Cozy Connections Between JPMorgan and the Senate Banking Committee
JP Morgan appears to have already taken its own accounting of the Banking committee. Hereu2019s a picture of connections between the company and the committee.
Seven More States May Legalize Medical Marijuana in 2012
Support for full marijuana legalization is at an all-time high of 50%.
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Criminalizing Pregnancy: How Feticide Laws Made Common Ground for Pro- and Anti-Choice Groups
National Advocates for Pregnant women demands more than punitive solutions to social problems that affect everyone.
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In Michigan, the War on Women is a Bipartisan Effort
There has been much talk recently about the war on women, and for good reason — the onslaught of anti-choice legislation authored, sponsored, and voted into law by the …