Cigarette Makers Thwart Improved Health Warning Labels
A newly-released study of previously secret, internal tobacco industry documents shows the multinational cigarette companies have been working consistently behind the scenes since […]
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Children, Economics, Ethics, Health care, Human rights, Insurance, politics, Poverty
Poor and Uninsured in Texas? Tough Luck, Says Gov. Rick Perry
Texas is number one in the country for people without health insurance. Fully one quarter of Texans have no health
Education, Ethics, Health care, Human rights
PBS Documentary Explores the Growing Need for Easy, Painless Death
As America’s population ages, tens of millions of people find they can’t afford health insurance, medical care is getting more
New Youth Front Group Agitates for Cuts to Entitlement Programs
Salon.com reports a new “youth” front group has appeared consisting of young people who have ostensibly joined together to fight
Karl Rove Rendered Useless to Republicans
Karl Rove, whom Vanity Fair called “one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States,” is facing criticism and
Merchandisers try to Capitalize on White Anger Over Election
In the aftermath of the presidential election, some vendors at outlets like CafePress and Zazzle are starting to shift their
IRS Rolls Over, Plays Dead for Scofflaw Churches
Russell Renwicks, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) manager in the mid-Atlantic region, said at a legal seminar in Washington, D.C. October
Advertising, Consumer advocacy, Corruption, Elections, Ethics, Food, Front groups, Health, Human rights, Lies, Media, politics, Propaganda, Safety, Tobacco
Monsanto, Big Food Battle California GMO Disclosure Measure
Big food, candy and chemical companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into fighting California’s Proposition 37, which would
Romney Continues Attacking U.S. Automakers with Misleading Ads
General Motors publicly rebuked Mitt Romney over a misleading Ohio radio campaign ad that wrongly infers GM is planning to
The Air Force Academy’s “Religious Respect” PR Stunt
The United States Air Force Academy (AFA) is fighting its reputation as an aggressive promoter of fundamentalist Christianity by holding
Romney Doubles Down on Lie Told to Ohioans
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney openly lied — again — at a campaign event in Defiance, Ohio Thursday, October 25,
Ethics, Lies, politics
What’s Up With Romney’s Persistent, Huge Geographical Goof?
In the third presidential debate last Monday night, Republican candidate Mitt Romney displayed his lack of foreign policy acumen in
Exposed: Sweet Lies from the Sugar Industry
The November/December issue of Mother Jones magazine has an explosive new analysis of more than 1,500 pages of internal documents
Texas Church Marquee Urges “Vote for the Mormon, Not the Muslim!”
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) has asked the Internal Revenue Service (pdf) to investigate a Texas
Behind Romney’s Remarkable Comfort with Lying
Op-Ed For most people, it’s a given that politicians lie, but even with such universally low expectations for candidates, Republican
Under Mitt Romney, Bain Made Millions on Tobacco
Mitt Romney’s former company, Bain Capital, may refuse to make public the clients it has served, but now previously-secret tobacco
This is Going to Hurt: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Say Can Cost You
Insurance companies are hot targets in the national discussion of skyrocketing medical costs and health care reform. But there is