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Full Tanks Put Squeeze on the Working Class

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2006 Check out these moving portraits of people who can no longer visit family or friends, who can no longer take their children to the movies, even--all because of the stratospheric gas prices. Dig deeper

Conservatives Seek to Extend Tax Breaks for Rich

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2006 House and Senate conservatives have agreed to spend $70 billion to extend the 15% tax rate on capital gains and dividends until 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lay’s Chips to Use Healthier Oil

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 In an industry-rocking move, the nation's leading potato chip manufacturer will reduce saturated fat by switching from cottonseed oil to sunflower oil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Tax Rebate Proposal Dying Quick Death

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 Even the House majority leader, a Republican, has rejected the Republican Senate leadership's idea to send taxpayers a $100 check to cover rising gas prices. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Gas Rebate Plan Draws Bipartisan Scorn

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 Republican senators received a flood of angry e-mails and phone calls in response to their plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the pinch of ever-rising gasoline prices. Even Rush Limbaugh said the GOP was treating Americans like "whores." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greed, Sex Slavery and Forced Abortions–Made in the USA

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2006 Ms. Magazine documents quasi-endentured servitude in garment factories in the Northern Mariana Islands--which, because they're a territory of the U.S., labels their clothes "Made in the USA." The surprise: Jack Abramoff facilitated the situation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: Oil Company Profits, Not Crude Prices, Are Pumping Gas Prices

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2006 Corporate profiteering--not increased crude oil prices, not ethanol switch-overs--is responsible for recent gas price increases in California, according to an independent watchdog group. Sounds like Enron all over again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Facing Terrible PR, McDonald’s Will Tout “Healthier” Side

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 In anticipation of a movie version of "Fast Food Nation," along with a similarly-themed upcoming book co-written by the same author, the fast food giant will promote its salads and fruit options. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cell Phones Set to Dial For Dollars

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 PayPal will now allow users to buy goods and exchange money using their cell phones. Sweet! It's been getting far too hard to blow money on impulse items in recent years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Growth Phase for Obesity Marketing

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 From super-size coffins to super-reinforced beds to resorts for those afraid to be seen in bathing suits, the number of products and services for America's obese is growing rapidly. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart Tries to Clean Up Its Image

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The retailing giant will try to help small local businesses via grants and in-store radio ads, among other things The chain has also started carrying organic products and made attempts at being more transparent in its business practices Hey, it's a start. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Exxon Paid Its Ex-Chairman $686 million

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2006 As gas prices soar across the nation, Exxon's board paid its recently-retired chairman, Lee R. Raymond, over $686 million since 1993--with $400 million of that coming in his final year with the company. A compensation payout like that got N.Y. Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso sued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )