CleanSlateNow: Medicine for America’s Broken Democracy
Throughout his 16 years in the Colorado state legislature, former Colorado Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon saw first-hand how corporate […]
Ethics
Atheism, Equal rights, Ethics, politics, Religion, Secularism
Another Town Loses Lawsuit Over Christian Prayers at Public Meetings
The town board of of Greece, New York (population about 94,000, outside of Rochester) regularly opened its public meetings with
The Bottled Water Scam
People who buy bottled water pay up to 1,900 times what tap water costs, but get less access to key
Equal rights, Ethics, Grassroots advocacy, Lobbying, politics, Religion, Secularism
Christian Groups Hyperventilate After CO Appeals Court Ruling
In the wake of the Colorado State Court of Appeals’ unanimous ruling (pdf) May 10 that a state-sanctioned “Day of
Colorado Legislator Who Killed Civil Unions Bill has Gay Son
The lone Republican legislator responsible for killing Colorado’s civil unions bill voted against it even though his son and only
Compass Colorado Links Obama and U.S. Energy Policy to Iranian Dictator
The Republican front group Compass Colorado is running billboards across the state that link President Obama with Iranian President Mahmoud
Colorado Day of Prayer Ruled Unconstitutional
In a unanimous ruling issued on May 10, 2012 (pdf), three judges on the Colorado Court of Appeals declared Colorado’s
Bizarre Ideas to Sell More Smokes from Philip Morris
This 1987 Philip Morris brainstorming document is full of bizarre ideas for how to make cigarettes more appealing and marketable
Memo Exposes Huge PR Campaign to Attack Wind and Solar Industries
A group of energy industry-affiliated, right-wing groups is readying a massive PR plan to try and turn American public opinion
Heartland Institute Likens People Who Believe in Climate Change to Mass Murderers
The Heartland Institute put up an inflammatory billboard along a major highway Illinois that compared belief in global warming to
ALEC: Big Tobacco’s “Third-Party” Ally
Tobacco industry documents reveal that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has abetted the failure of state legislatures to take
Advertising, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Health, Lobbying, Media, politics, Tobacco
Female, African-American Doctor Backs Tobacco Industry in New Ad
The tobacco industry’s front group, “Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending,” is spending millions to run a 30-second TV ad
TSA Complaints Reveal Travelers’ Humiliation and Torment
It took four years, but the Transportation Security Administration finally fulfilled a 2008 Freedom-of-Information-Act (FOIA) request by the investigative journalism
CO House Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg Works to Benefit Drilling Industry
New Republican legislation has been introduced in Colorado that purely benefits the oil and gas industry. House Bill 1356, introduced
Congressman Officially Recognizes National Day of Reason
Congressman Pete Stark of California gave a statement on the House floor April 27 officially recognizing the National Day of
Baptist Minister Publicly Admits Disbelief in God
After a lifetime in the church, Teresa McBain, pastor of Tallahassee, Florida’s Lake Jackson United Methodist Church, got a standing
British MPs: Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Conglomerate
Members of a British Parliament committee have declared 81 year old media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corporation, the