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Forgotten Victims of War…Contractors
When the human price of fighting the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has come up over the past decade, it’s been the death toll of American soldiers that media stories have focused on. But this choice has ignored the fact that thousands of defense con... read more
Fracking Linked to Flammable Drinking Water
The controversial use of hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) to bolster natural gas drilling has been linked scientifically for the first time to flammable drinking water.
Four scientists at Duke University found higher levels of flammabl... read more
Obama Administration Fights to Allow Warrantless GPS Tracking
The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving warrantless tracking of suspects by law enforcement using GPS devices.
Federal prosecutors from the U.S. Department of Justice reached out to the Supreme Cour... read more
U.S. Has Given More Than $14 Billion in Security Aid to Pakistan Since 9/11
Angry over the revelation that Osama bin Laden was hiding in plain sight in Pakistan, Congress is now debating whether to make changes to the foreign aid given to the United States’ “inconstant” ally, known in some circles as a “frenemy.”
Pa... read more
Citizens United Ruling Opened New Era in Campaign Financing
The landmark Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which threw out campaign contribution limits for corporations and unions, substantially altered the field of campaign spending.
After examining election reports, the Center for R... read more
Wall Street Journal Launches Phony WikiLeaks Clone
SafeHouse, The Wall Street Journal’s answer to WikiLeaks, did not get off to a good start with the whistleblowing community.
SafeHouse is supposed to be a place where people can anonymously expose corporate “fraud, abuse and other wrongdoing... read more
Where is Al-Qaeda Still Operating?
Osama bin Laden’s death has not left al-Qaeda leaderless, or without presence around the globe.
Stepping in to replace bin Laden as the top al-Qaeda man is Ayman al-Zawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militan... read more
One Million Apply for 62,000 Jobs…with McDonald’s
There has been so much talk in Washington and in the news about the national debt, terrorism, wars and healthcare that one might think these are the issues that most concern Americans in 2011. But opinion polls consistently show that none of the... read more
Majority of States Challenge Mandatory Health Care as Unconstitutional
A little more than half of the nation’s states have joined together to challenge the federal healthcare reform law, arguing that the legislation’s core requirement for all Americans to carry health insurance, known as the health insurance mandat... read more
Justice Dept. Sues Deutsche Bank for Mortgage Fraud
A federal prosecutor is going after Deutsche Bank AG for bad home loans that wound up costing the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance payments.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has filed a civil lawsuit in New York fed... read more
6 Things We Thought We Knew about the Killing of Osama bin Laden That Turned out to be Wrong
The story of how the United States took down Osama bin Laden has already taken on mythical details, forcing the White House and other administration officials to publicly correct some of the oft-repeated inaccuracies.
A misleading version of... read more
Recent Tornadoes Most in U.S. History and April 27 Deadliest Day in 86 Years
More than 350 tornadoes struck the southern United States from April 25 to April 28, making it the worst outbreak of its kind in the U.S. since records began being kept in 1860.
A total of 362 tornadoes touched down during the three-day period... read more
How Did U.S. Go from Prosperity to Massive Debt in Just 10 Years?
Contrary to popular belief, the “wasteful spending” slice of the federal budget pie that is often blamed for America’s ballooning national debt is actually a slim one in comparison to decreased revenues. The debtor situation facing the U.S. is a p... read more
Were Pakistani Forces Protecting Osama bin Laden?
The news that Osama bin Laden was living in an upscale urban neighborhood in Pakistan rather than hiding out in a cave on the Afghanistan border gives credence to what many observers have been saying for years…that he was receiving support from ... read more
Corporate Block on Supreme Court Limits Class Action Suits
The five-member pro-business block of the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of corporations that prefer to force consumers with complaints into arbitration hearings, rather than allowing them to band together in class-action lawsuits in civi... read more
Renters Still Feeling Increasing Pressure of Economic Crisis…Record Level Spends Half of Income for Housing
Economic pressures are greater than ever for renters in the United States, as more non-homeowners find the majority of their paychecks going to pay the landlord and utility companies.
Since 1981, the U.S. government has considered that a fam... read more