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Corporate Front Group Burns Americans

Staff / Truthdig Aug 2, 2011 ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is a secretive association of corporations and state legislators that has been crafting public policy to suit corporate interests since 1973 The organization is not new, but the opportunity to review (more) . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Plight of U.S. Workers, by the Numbers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2011 You already know Americans are overworked. But what are the hard numbers? This collection of charts from definitive sources plainly shows that the biggest industries are hiring the least, the Internet has extended the workday, employed women do more domestic work with less leisure time than men, and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘Death of the Liberal Class’ on Book TV

BLANK Feb 9, 2011 Author, journalist and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges takes his bracing argument from his latest book, "Death of the Liberal Class," about the takeover of U.S. liberal organizations and institutions by the corporate state, to Powell's Books in Portland, Ore., in this Book TV clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do as I Say, Not as I Pay

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2010 Despite the fact that Washington has forcefully discouraged investment in Iran for the past decade, the federal government has given more than $107 billion in contract payments to companies that dealt with Iran or are doing business there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wounds Heal in Red Cross Dispute

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 After coming to its public relations senses, medical firm Johnson & Johnson has decided it wouldn't be wise to proceed with a lawsuit against the Red Cross charity over a trademark agreement made in 1895. The initial case was brought by the firm after the Red Cross began to sell safety kits to fundraise for its many disaster-relief campaigns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kucinich Under Fire

Dennis Kucinich / Truthdig Feb 8, 2008 Rep. Dennis Kucinich is back in Cleveland and fighting for his political survival as his longtime corporate opponents finance a Swift-boat-style media onslaught to take over his congressional seat. Here he fires back and makes his case for why Cleveland, and the country, needs his voice in Congress now more than ever. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fact-Checking Clinton’s ’35 Years of Change’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2008 Hillary Clinton has made much of her "35 years" of "working to bring positive change to people's lives," but when McClatchy's Washington bureau investigated the claim, it found that the "bulk of her career" was spent "at one of Arkansas' most prestigious corporate law firms, where she represented big companies and served on corporate boards." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Planted Canned ‘News’ Spots on U.S. Stations

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2007 For years, we've been hearing about big companies increasingly taking over the American news business, as well as media execs jumping into bed with government higher-ups, but this report about the federal government and major corporations actually producing and planting prepackaged "news" stories in outlets around the country raises the Big Brother threat level to at least Orange. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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