Rosy Predictions of New York Insurance Exchange Might be Premature

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig Jul 24, 2013 The New York Times reported last week that New York State’s health plans are set to fall 50 percent in cost. Missing from the conversation was the fact that insurance companies, who are driven not by the public’s interest but by profits, still control the market. Dig deeper

Why They Hate Eliot Spitzer

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig Jul 16, 2013 Corporations have revved their engines back up for round two of the smear campaign against Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York who has announced that he will run for New York City comptroller. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Center for Auto Safety Dissatisfied With Chrysler’s Jeep Recall

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig Jun 25, 2013 The nonprofit group The Center for Auto Safety says that Chrysler’s Jeep recall, which the car manufacturer finally agreed to June 18 after an ongoing battle with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is insufficient and will not fix the vehicle’s defect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Relax, Relax at the Dying of the Light

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law May 9, 2013 AARP magazine, which boasts the largest circulation of any periodical in the world, used to focus on injustice, something it now calls "negativity." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wall Street Is Killing Dodd-Frank One Regulation at a Time

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law May 1, 2013 The already tepid reforms enacted by Dodd-Frank are falling prey to business leaders, Republican lawmakers and the son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Americans Suffer While Finance Tax Waits for Congress’ Attention

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Apr 25, 2013 The Financial Transaction Tax, or Robin Hood Tax, would generate more than $300 billion a year in revenue, thereby doing away with the need for the sequester currently forcing across-the-board budget cuts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Abolish the Minimum Wage? It’s No Fantasy

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Apr 9, 2013 The slow bulldozing of government protections has allowed lawmakers to re-examine programs and policies that haven’t been touched for decades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The President of Senegal Thinks Local

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Apr 2, 2013 The nation's communities and fisheries have bounced back over the last year with local fishermen seeing their catches increase. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Breaks Promises to Iraqi and Afghan Refugees

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 27, 2013 Of the 1.5 million Iraqi refugees who have fled the country, only about 80,000, or 5 percent, have been resettled here in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reports of My WMD Are Greatly Exaggerated

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 23, 2013 Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the American war machine might be revving up for another strike, this time in Syria. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ecosocialism: One Man’s Vision for a Green Economy

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 14, 2013 According to activists such as Chris Williams, capitalism is designed for infinite growth, but the planet is not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Access Skews Coverage of Syrian War

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 9, 2013 The civil war in Syria is not a romantic democratic uprising, although one could get that impression from accounts in mainstream media outlets. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )