Finally, Washington Frowns on Mountaintop Removal Mining
When the EPA revoked a permit for decapitating West Virginia’s mountains, some politicians decided the sky was falling.
SOTU: Smoked Salmon on Wonder Bread
Obama’s second State of the Union address sandwiched crummy policies between slices of inspiration.
SOTU: Use Newfound Corporate Tax Revenue to Invest in America
Some of this revenue should be used for long overdue investments in education, health care, and energy retrofits.
Meet the New Media Monopoly
With Comcast’s takeover of NBC, the era of the mega-mega-merger is upon us.
Film: Wal-Mart; The High Cost of Low Price
Walmart has plans to establish four stores in DC by 2012. Notorious for threatening small businesses, causing the loss of more jobs, and bringing lower wage standards for all workers to communities, concerned District of Columbia citizens and social justice advocates are coming together to spread the news and resist the potentially disastrous implications for the District of Columbia.
The Con to Criminalize Immigrants
In addition to directing funding towards enforcement-only policies that criminalize immigrants, CCA lobbies for immigration policies that get more undocumented residents locked up.
Modern Mad Men, Targeting Our Kids
Food and beverage corporations certainly know that advertising works.
Profitable Immigrants
Homeland security: an opportunity to profit off your tired, your poor, and your huddled masses.
Is Free Speech just for Corporations?
A nonprofit doctor’s group recently got a blast of corporate wrath when it produced a TV commercial that dared to take on mighty McDonald’s.
Tax the Rich
The U.S. tax system is a mess.
Big Food’s Blame Game
To distract us from the facts, the fast food industry and its defenders blame parents for the rising child obesity rate.
Nuclear Testing and the Rise of Thyroid Cancers
Drinking nuclear waste-contaminated milk most likely contributed to hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens developing thyroid cancer.
Water is Not for Sale: A Look at Italy’s Water Movement
In Italy, and across the world, local water must be administered for the common good of the community – il bene comune – and not treated as a market commodity.
Offshoring America’s Legal Jobs
Lawyering has become the latest category of good jobs disappearing from our Land of the Free.
Author Event: The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind America’s Favorite Soft Drink
The Coke Machine takes readers deep inside the Coca-Cola Company and its international franchisees to reveal how they became the number one brand in the world, and just how far they’ll go to stay there.
Ever since its “I’d like to teach the world to sing” commercials from the 1970s, Coca-Cola has billed itself as the world’s beverage, uniting all colors and cultures in a mutual love of its caramel-sweet sugar water. The formula has worked incredibly well-making it one of the most profitable companies on the planet and “Coca-Cola” the world’s second- most recognized word after “hello.” However, as the company expands its reach into both domestic and foreign markets, an increasing number of the world’s citizens are finding the taste of Coke more bitter than sweet.