Colombia’s black-market coltan tied to drug traffickers, paramilitaries
With a pick in one hand and scratching the earth with the other, Venezuelan miners try to find the valuable coltan.The mineral is then smuggled across the border to Colombia. Ignacio Gómez G....
View ArticleConservative radio host and filmmaker produced viral Volt video
Screen shot from Chevy Volt parody ad Rachael Marcus http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/rachael-marcus
View ArticleANALYSIS: The end of health insurance as we know it?
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini Wendell Potter http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/wendell-potter
View ArticleIndustrial chemical exposure can cause learning problems, hyperactivity,...
When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic.Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about the...
View ArticleFlorida student's deportation threat a window into kids' difficult lives
The valedictorian of a Florida high school faces a deportation order this month, and a prominent congresswoman has assumed a key role in imploring federal authorities to allow the young woman to...
View ArticlePossible nuclear weapons cuts worry Republican lawmakers
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches in February during an operational test from a facility on north Vandenberg Air Force Base. Aaron Mehta...
View ArticleObama’s ‘smidgen’ of truth on energy efficiency
President Obama criticized “the other side” for failing to provide “a smidgen of an idea” for energy efficiency. But it turns out, there is only a smidgen of truth to the president’s criticism.The...
View ArticleRomney campaign directs more than $1.7 million to state officials
Republican presidential candidate, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Canton, Ohio. Corbin Hiar http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/corbin-hiar
View ArticleIndustrial chemical exposure linked to learning problems, hyperactivity
When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic.Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about the...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Democrats' repeat ‘end Medicare’ cry is wrong, again
Can the “Lie of the Year” still be used to defeat Republicans?Democrats hope so, and a super PAC is using an Iowa congressional race to retest the claim that House Republicans voted to “end Medicare.”...
View ArticleEnergy-backed firms award bonuses, file bankruptcy
As part of the "White House to Main Street" tour, Vice President Joe Biden visits an Ener1 plant in Indiana and talks with then-CEO Charles Gassenheimer in January 2011. The company later filed for...
View ArticleNew federal statistics reveal harsh discipline for minority students
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Susan Ferriss http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/susan-ferriss
View ArticleVirginians protest General Electric over foreclosures
A group of residents and clergy members from Northern Virginia march to General Electric's office in Washington, DC to protest the company's former subprime lender, WMC Mortgage Corp. Amy Biegelsen...
View ArticleFukushima disaster anniversary finds U.S. nuclear regulation debate still raging
A journalist visits stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during a press tour in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. Corbin Hiar http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/corbin-hiar
View ArticlePAC profile: FreedomWorks for America
Supports: Conservatives Principals: Dick Armey, Matt Kibbe, Ryan Hecker, Russ Walker More...
View ArticleChamber spends early, often on GOP congressional candidates
Screen grab of the allegedly doctored image of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's ad, 'Ohio — Tell Sherrod Brown to Stop Hiding.' Peter H. Stone...
View ArticleToxic acid release again draws federal investigators
A Citgo refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Chris Hamby http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/chris-hamby
View ArticleBig setback for mountaintop mining critics
In a corner of Appalachia where the tops of coal-rich mountains are lopped off with regularity, the Spruce No. 1 mine would stand out. Now, thanks to a judge’s ruling, the hotly contested strip mine...
View ArticleIMPACT: Tribal payday lender sued by Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission today took up a case that had thwarted state authorities for years, accusing an Internet payday lender with ties to Indian tribes of illegally deceiving borrowers.The...
View ArticleWill the $55 billion bomber program fly?
When the Obama administration dispatched three B-2 bombers from a Missouri air base on March 19 last year to cross the ocean and reach Libya, it put roughly $9 billion worth of America’s most prized...
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