Amazon.com is 16th Corporation to End its Affiliation with ALEC
The retail internet behemoth Amazon.com announced it would cut its ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) after activist […]
Ethics
Billboard Companies Poisoning Trees
A former billboard company employee in Tallahassee, Florida has revealed that billboard companies intentionally poison trees that block their billboards
Twisted Women’s Prayer Group Prays for Others to Get Cancer
An anonymous women’s prayer group sent an email to Mikey Weinstein, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF),
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
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
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
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
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
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
animal abuse, Corporations, Ethics, Food, Grassroots advocacy
Burger King Announces It Will Change to Cruelty-Free Foods
Fast-food giant Burger King announced this week that it will no longer buy pork from pig producers that use gestation
BREAKING: South Carolina State Senator Ted Vick (D) Resigns from ALEC
On Monday, April 23, 2012, State Rep. Boyd Brown of South Carolina sent an email to all SC state legislators
Dow-Funded PBS TV Series Promotes Dow and Its Product Lines
A new, four-part PBS television show airing this month called “America Revealed” is sponsored by the Dow Chemical company, whose
Marine Corps Air Squadron Adopts Religious Name and Symbol
The U.S. Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 122 based out of Beaufort, South Carolina used to be called the “Werewolves,”
Federal Court Says Groups Can’t Keep Campaign Donors Secret
A District Court in Washington, D.C, ruled (pdf) earlier this month that it is illegal for groups to keep secret