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Economy & Labor
US Soldiers Are Relying on Millions of Dollars in Food Stamps to Survive
The Department of Defense has shown little concern about food security among active-duty military personnel.
In Major Shake-Up, Trump Hires Breitbart Exec and Citizens United Propagandist Bannon to Lead Campaign
Stephen K. Bannon is best known as the writer/director of such films as “Torchbearer,” which features scenes of horrific violence.
End Price-Gouging on Drugs Developed With Public Dollars
Why should the drug industry be the exclusive financial beneficiary of research that the public helps fund? The public should benefit as well.
New Koch-Funded Group Aims to Promote the “Positives” of Fossil Fuels
Fueling US Forward wants to talk not about statistics, facts and figures, but to reach people's emotions.
How Blocking the Saudi Arms Deal Can Help Stop a Lame Duck TPP
Progressive Democrats and empire-skeptic Republicans should block the recently proposed Saudi arms deal.
How to Change Our Pathetic Green Infrastructure
Defeating global warming also means fighting the oligarchs' massive new PR campaign.
Trade, Truth and Trump
While much of what Trump says about trade is wrong, and his solutions are ill-defined, the response in the press has been dishonest.
The Biggest Spender Backing Donald Trump? The NRA
The NRA has spent $6 million in TV ads on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate.
A Surprise Shill for Big Pharma?
Patients groups are the focus of a new report that asks questions about ties to corporate pharmaceutical companies.
Thousands of Pages of Confidential Think Tank Documents Detail Corporate Ties, New York Times Reports
The emails are evidence that corporations that donated to non-profit think tanks were promised specific receivables in return.