Big Pharma's Health Care Reform Playbook
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
"Congress' ability to curb the explosive rise in drug costs is a bellwether of the political prospects for health care reform," writes Merrill Goozner.
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Great Wall of Silence About Tibetan Protests
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"China has begun to fight back against criticism of its handling of the Tibetan protests," during which protesters have been killed, with a "sustained publicity offensive as well as blocking foreign broadcasters and websites and denying journalists access to areas of unrest," reports The Guardian.
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Adios, Online Privacy
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
The National Security Agency, once known for its skill in eavesdropping on the world's telephone calls, is adapting to the times by "focusing on widespread monitoring of e-mail messages and text messages, recording of Web browsing, and other forms of electronic data-mining, all done without court supervision," reports Declan McCu
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Despite Congressional Direction and Funding, EPA Libraries Remain Closed
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
The Environmental Protection Agency began closing several of its libraries in 2006 due to a shrinking budget. But the agency did not take into account how access to important environmental data would be blocked for legislators, researchers and citizens.
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BGR to Lobby Both Sides of the Aisle
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"The 16-year old lobbying firm that used to be called Barbour Griffith and Rogers -- that's Barbour as in Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) -- has hired its first Democrat," reports Al Kamen.
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The PR Surge Is Working for McCain - More Americans See "Success" in Iraq
Submitted by John Stauber on
Politico notes that U.S. public support for the war in Iraq "has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006. ... According to late February polling conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 53 percent of Americans -- a slim majority -- now believe 'the U.S.
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Teacher Warns Students About War Propagandist John Rendon
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Steve Runge, an instructor at Northeastern University in Boston, is raising a red flag about a controversial lecturer. "John Rendon of the Rendon Group will be addressing the College of Business Administration Thursday afternoon.
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Citizen-Driven Superdelegate Transparency Project Provides Best Superdelegate Reporting - Anywhere
The motley crew of citizen journalists, activists, bloggers and transparency advocates that make up the Superdelegate Transparency Project (STP) have produced the best, most transparent and highly detailed reporting on the Democratic superdelegates - anywhere. Through collaborative research with nearly 300 citizen journalists, the folks at DemConWatch, LiteraryOutpost, the HuffPost's OffTheBus project, OpenLeft and CMD's Congresspedia have produced a tally that rivals or bests those of the major media outlets. The STP even breaks the numbers down by state and congressional district with ever-expanding bios of hundreds of superdelegates AND we now have a wicked-cool live-updating widget.
When "Biased" Means "Not Friendly to Industry"
Submitted by Judith Siers-Poisson on
The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed a top scientist from her position as chair of a panel investigating a toxic material in electronics.
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Defending America, Attacking McCain
Submitted by John Stauber on
The Democratic Party-oriented Campaign to Defend America, a non-profit group spun off from Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, is behind a TV ad attacking John M
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