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 )

Michele Bachmann and the GOP’s Anti-Medicare Bluff

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2011 On Friday, ultraconservative free-market booster Michele Bachmann suddenly came out as a supporter of government-run Medicare But this potential presidential candidate's break with the official Republican Party line was not surprising The GOP has been under attack by its own base for the past few weeks (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

No Compromise in Wisconsin

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2011 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Saturday rejected a compromise on a budget repair bill under which Democrats offered to accept cuts in health and pension benefits for public employees in exchange for retaining their right to bargain collectively. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ailing Spanish Economy Seeks a Cure

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2010 Awash in debt and 20 percent unemployment, the Spanish government on Friday approved an austerity package aimed at reviving its moribund economy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ganging Up on Alzheimer’s

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2010 A decision by scientists back in 2003 to share their findings on Alzheimer's research has led to a “wealth of recent scientific papers” and important advances in moving to understand the disease and develop drugs to combat it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Possible Cause of Death: Privatization

Moshe Adler / Truthdig Jul 16, 2010 When a branch fell from a tree at the Central Park Zoo, killing a 6-month-old baby, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared it “an act of God.” But in all likelihood it was the act of a mayor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Budget Space Motel or Just Hot Air?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2010 Out in the Nevada desert, in a complex encircled by barbed wire and guards, a millionaire motelier who believes in UFOs and prayer -- but not the Big Bang -- is building the world's first private space station. And it's inflatable. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cloak and Dagger Inc.

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2010 The U.S. military, despite reports to the contrary, has continued to rely on a secret private spy network, akin to a Blackwater with brains, that has provided a stream of intelligence to military forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan for more than a year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Hot Water for Blackwater

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2010 Once-esteemed (by the government, at least) mercenary corporation Blackwater is in some hot legal water after the company's former president and four other former employees were slapped with federal charges over the alleged stockpiling of automatic weapons. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Saving Olvera Street

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 Culture and history matter, even if it costs money. Someone should tell that to the city of Los Angeles, which is raising rents on the merchant tenants of Olvera Street, a Mexican-heritage historical site downtown that is currently undergoing privatization. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iraq’s Oil for Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2010 In an announcement that was one part election hackery and one part good domestic politics, the Iraqi prime minister has declared that his country will not sell the rights to any more of its oil fields to foreign companies, a move that signals an intent by Iraq to develop its own national oil industry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Profiting From Immigration Injustice

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2010 Business is booming in Arizona, thanks to a disturbing federal immigration program that transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to a private prison company, parasitic attorneys and other opportunists. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )