What We Have Here Is a Failure to Compensate

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2011 At a time of record unemployment, American companies are increasingly exploiting the low-cost labor of 23 million Americans behind bars This means fewer jobs available for free citizens, which leads to more unemployment, which produces more crime (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boeing

Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com Jul 5, 2011 Dig deeper

Boeing Versus Airbus

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, Puget Sound Business Journal Jul 4, 2011 Dig deeper

Court Dismisses Torture Flights Case

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2010 Five men who say they were kidnapped and tortured would like to sue a Boeing subsidiary for flying them to their agony, but the Obama administration successfully convinced an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the case. One judge said the court "reluctantly" bought the national security argument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chevron in the White House

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 3, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama introduced his principal national security Cabinet selections to the world Monday and left no doubt that he intends to start his administration on a war footing. It is revealing that his choice for national security adviser is a director of Boeing, a weapons manufacturer, and Chevron, an oil giant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sudanese Airliner Hijacked in Darfur

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 Three former rebels linked to the Sudanese Liberation Movement hijacked a commercial Boeing 737 airliner carrying 95 passengers soon after the Sun Air flight left Nyala in Darfur, Sudan, on Tuesday. The plane first tried to stop in Cairo but was denied clearance before going on to land in Libya, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wasteful Weapons and the Politicians Who Love Them

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 25, 2008 Remember Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general played to chilling effect by Sterling Hayden in the 1964 movie "Dr. Strangelove"? If you're too young for that reference, you probably don't recall when the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) dominated our military posture toward our Soviet enemy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Boeing Gains Ally in Tanker Battle

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 Boeing has friends in high places, as evidenced by the congressional Government Accountability Office siding Wednesday with the US aviation giant in a protest against a multibillion-dollar refueling tanker contract that was awarded earlier this year to a U-Europe team . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )