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- Thursday, Aug 12, 2010
Book How are corporations tightening their grip on the global political economy? How does this affect you? -
- Monday, Apr 05, 2010
ZNet Article How to Talk About Single Payer to a Conservative -
- Sunday, Oct 04, 2009
ZNet Article With pictures of Ralph Nader surrounding him, Michael Moore this week threatened Congressional Democrats with defeat at the polls in 2010. -
- Monday, Jul 20, 2009
ZNet Article Most people, when they arrive in Washington, D.C., see it for what it is – a cesspool of corruption. -
- Monday, May 26, 2008
ZNet Article Former California prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wants President Bush charged with murder. -
- Friday, Oct 12, 2007
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- Monday, Oct 02, 2006
ZNet Article It's hard not to be mesmerized by the bubbling scandal at Hewlett-Packard.
Former chair of the board Patricia Dunn had the company hire private detectives to track down who on the company's board was leaking information. Those detectives used "pr... -
- Friday, Sep 29, 2006
ZNet Article Just returned from a run around the National Mall.
Party tents are going up.
Getting ready for the National Book Festival on Saturday.
Hosted by the Library of Congress.
Sponsored by Target and AT&T.
And starring Laura Bush.
You will be seei... -
- Saturday, Sep 16, 2006
ZNet Article Ah, the cesspool. That would, of course, be Congress. Aka Capitol Hill.
We caught a whiff of the cesspool the other day when a group of corporate liberals announced that they were going to launch yet another "newspaper" to cover the cesspool.
Mi... -
- Sunday, Aug 27, 2006
Commentary Everywhere you look, Big Tobacco is proclaiming, "We've changed." -
- Monday, Jul 31, 2006
ZNet Article Using a statistical lens, two just-released books shed light on the ravages of corporate globalization.
Vital Signs 2006-2007 from the Washington, D.C.-based WorldWatch Institute contends that "the health of the global economy and the stability o... -
- Saturday, Apr 29, 2006
ZNet Article Shareholders in Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, are meeting today in East Hanover, New Jersey and singing "Happy Days Are Here Again."
Happy shareholders in a cigarette company is bad news for public health.
In the short term -- and... -
- Sunday, Apr 23, 2006
ZNet Article HawaiiCubaPhilippinesPuerto RicoNicaraguaHondurasIranGuateSouth VietnamChileGrenadaPanamaAfghanistanIraq
What do these 14 governments have in common?
You got it. The United States overthrew them. And in almost in every case, the overthrow can be... -
- Friday, Mar 10, 2006
ZNet Article In a crazy place, even the most modest steps toward sanity can seem radical.
Thus, in Washington, the Common Sense Budget Act, introduced this week by Representative Lynn Woolsey of California, seems like a far-reaching move.
In fact, it might b... -
- Saturday, Feb 18, 2006
ZNet Article Good morning.
We've just awakened. Cup of coffee in hand.
We flip through today's papers.
Looking for stories by our favorite corporate crime reporters.
And this is what we found:
In the New York Times, Jane Perlez reports that Newmont Mining... -
- Thursday, Feb 09, 2006
ZNet Article What's the most powerful and underutilized legal tool in combating corporate crime and violence?
Sarbanes Oxley? No.
The Martin Act? No.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? No.
The antitrust laws? Clearly not.
No, the most powerful and underut... -
- Monday, Feb 06, 2006
Commentary On February 26, 1972, a Pittston Co. coal mine dam broke, releasing 132 million gallons of coal wastes into Buffalo Creek hollow in Logan County, West Virginia. More than 4,000 residents were left homeless, 1,100 were injured, and 125 died. -
- Monday, Dec 12, 2005
Commentary The first lady recently announced the theme for the 2005 holiday season at the White House. It is this: All things bright and beautiful. -
- Wednesday, Nov 30, 2005
Commentary Top executives now make more in a day than the average worker makes in a year. -
- Friday, Nov 18, 2005
Commentary We've just returned from the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) conference being held here in Washington, D.C. -
- Friday, Oct 28, 2005
ZNet Article One block from the White House, on 15th Street, embedded in the sidewalk, in front of The Old Ebbitt Grill, is a bronze medallion honoring the life of Booker T. Washington.
The medallion has a picture of Booker T. and reads:
"As an influential... -
- Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005
ZNet Article This morning, at the National Press Club, U.S. News and World Report held a press event to announce the release of its list of "America's Best Leaders 2005."
The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy S... -
- Wednesday, Oct 19, 2005
ZNet Article Bill Bennett and Bob Bennett are brothers.
Bill Bennett is the social conservative pundit.
Bob Bennett is the white-collar criminal defense lawyer.
Bob Bennett is the lawyer for New York Times' reporter Judith Miller.
As you might recall -... -
- Thursday, Sep 22, 2005
Commentary Are you a speed freak? -
- Tuesday, Sep 13, 2005
ZNet Article Last week, federal prosecutors in New York decided not to criminally prosecute WorldCom/MCI for an $11 billion fraud. This represents a travesty of justice.
The government's response to the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history has been grossl... -
- Tuesday, Aug 09, 2005
Commentary Diane Wilson is a shrimper. -
- Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005
Commentary We were in an empty West Virginia courtroom last night with two young boys -- let's call them Jack and Jim -- ages 10 and 8. -
- Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005
ZNet Article It is usually a good thing when the liberal bloc on the Supreme Court can cobble together a majority.
Not last week.
In Kelo v. New London, the liberal majority ruled that there is virtually no U.S. constitutional restriction on the government's... - All Most Recent Content
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