Media execs, companies gave more than $350,000 to conservative super PACs
Samuel Zell, chairman of the Tribune Company, handed $200,000 to conservative super PACs in 2011. His media group owns 11 daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, 23...
View ArticleCosta Rica to study kidney disease afflicting sugarcane workers
Children gather to watch as Javier Pulido Zapata, a sugarcane worker who died of chronic kidney disease at age 35, is lowered into his grave at the cemetery in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Sasha Chavkin...
View ArticleLandmark diesel exhaust study stalled amid industry and congressional objections
Diesel exhaust, which some studies suggest causes lung cancer, spews from a crane loading a ship in Newark, N.J. Jim Morris http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/jim-morris
View ArticleANALYSIS: The battle for Vermont's health
Gov. Peter Shumlin holds a license plate during his State of the State address. Wendell Potter http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/wendell-potter
View ArticleAnother green energy company stumbles: Fisker announces layoffs
Vice President Joe Biden announces that Fisker Automotive will build electric cars at a shuttered GM plant in Delaware. Ronnie Greene http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/ronnie-greene Matthew Mosk...
View ArticleSusan Ferriss discusses youth in prison with KQED
Susan is interviewed for California Report story on youth inmates.
View ArticleAnother Bain exec revealed as man behind corporate donor to pro-Romney super PAC
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, left, as they stepped off his campaign charter plane in South Carolina. Michael Beckel...
View ArticleWeekly Watchdog 2/2/12
Super PACs file expenditure reportsJanuary 31st was the deadline for super PACs to file their latest expenditure reports. The Center dug into the numbers quickly to identify the major donors – and...
View ArticleBain execs spent nearly $5 million on Romney’s White House runs, records show
Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Anne Farris Rosen http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/anne-farris-rosen
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Donald Trump weighs in on Santorum's Senate loss
Donald Trump talks to reporters prior to a news conference in Las Vegas. FactCheck.Org http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/factcheckorg
View ArticleFishing nations fail to stop plunder in the South Pacific
Jack mackerel, fresh off the boat, is prepared for markets in Peru. Mort Rosenblum http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/mort-rosenblum Mar Cabra http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/mar-cabra
View ArticleCalifornia budget crunchers hear youth-prison closure debate
Players in the fight to shut down – or keep open – the last of California’s state-run youth prisons are meeting this week where the action is: Gov. Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance, where the...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Gingrich's predictions of rising gas prices not necessarily true
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View ArticleWeekly Watchdog 2/9/12
Winning workThe ultimate goal of investigative journalism is impact. We want our reports to change laws, effect policy – and even alter the way people understand issues. At the Center for Public...
View ArticleInspector general to examine ‘model workplaces’ program
The Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., which is home to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Chris Hamby http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/chris-hamby
View Article'Chemicals of concern' list stuck at OMB
Cass Sunstein, director of the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Some have criticized the office for its lengthy reviews of agency rules. Chris Hamby...
View ArticleDemocratic operatives seeking million-dollar checks for super PACs
Five Democratic super PACs are reaching out to party mega-donors, in a fledgling effort seeking $1 million to $10 million contributions, now that President Barack Obama has blessed the outside spending...
View ArticleLos Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy
A student from San Pedro High School in the Los Angeles area is detained for truancy in 2010 by Los Angeles city officers. Susan Ferriss http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/susan-ferriss
View ArticleCPAC panel: ‘Celebrate’ Citizens United ruling
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Michael Beckel...
View ArticleUpdate: Calif. budget crunchers hear youth-prison closure debate
Players in the fight to shut down — or keep open — the last of California’s state-run youth prisons are meeting this week where the action is: Gov. Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance, where the...
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