OPINION: Guess who would benefit from privatizing Medicare?
If you think the idea of privatizing Medicare has gone away, that the health insurance industry has thrown in the towel on one of its biggest goals, there was fresh evidence last week that you would be...
View ArticleOSHA rules on workplace toxics stalled
At 58, retired machinist Bruce Revers is tethered to his oxygen machines — a wall unit when he’s at home, a portable tank when he’s out. The simple act of walking to the curb to pick up his newspaper...
View ArticleNYPD school police citations draw criticism
Previously undisclosed school police records from New York City are raising new concerns about students getting heavily ticketed for vague allegations of disorderly conduct. More than 70 percent of...
View ArticleWisconsin recall breaks record thanks to outside cash
Tuesday’s recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is the most expensive in Wisconsin history. More than $63.5 million has been spent by candidates and independent groups, the overwhelming...
View ArticleClean Air Act case brings $1 million penalty
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a $1 million fine against a global plastics producer for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its plants in two small, polluted communities seven hours...
View ArticleDiesel engine exhaust earns 'carcinogenic' label
Diesel engine exhaust is “carcinogenic to humans,” an international health body declared Tuesday, bolstering the findings of a controversial study published recently in the United States.After a...
View ArticleContributions by top 10 nuclear weapons contractors to key members of Congress
Campaign contributions by top 10 nuclear weapons contractors to key members of Congress, 2012 election cycle and career
View ArticleL.A. school police, district agree to rethink court citations of students
In the wake of critical news reports, Los Angeles school police and administrators have agreed to rethink enforcement tactics that have led to thousands of court citations yearly for young students in...
View ArticleDems target independent in California House race
Groups hoping to help Democrats pick up a House seat in November have spent more than $1 million aimed at boosting their favorite candidate and knocking off an independent challenger.The race is for...
View ArticleOPINION: Insurance industry myths about the uninsured
In 2007, a few months before I left the health insurance industry, I was tasked to write a “white paper” designed to help convince media folks and politicians that the problem of the uninsured wasn’t...
View ArticleU.S. military admits major war mistakes
When President Obama announced in Aug. 2010 the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, he complimented the soldiers who had served there for completing “every mission they were given.” But some of...
View ArticleAre nuclear weapons contractors’ millions in campaign contributions buying...
Employees of private companies that produce the main pieces of the U.S. nuclear arsenal have invested more than $18 million in the election campaigns of lawmakers that oversee related federal spending,...
View ArticleSuper PACs play major role in California House contests
Usually, if you make a political run against someone in your own party, you have just one chance any given year: the primary election. But under new rules passed by California voters in 2010, several...
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Wachdog 6/7/12
Running from sunlightMy good friends at the Sunlight Foundation have made excellent use of a famous quote by Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis: "Sunlight is said to be the best of...
View ArticleIMPACT: OSHA pares inspection goals
Two weeks after a Center for Public Integrity story highlighted concerns about alleged quotas imposed on federal workplace safety inspectors, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has pared...
View ArticleVacuum cleaner sucks $440 million from Navy
It can take a powerful enemy to damage the nuclear powered submarines that form the linchpin of the U.S. naval arsenal. The most worrisome threats are usually sub-killing torpedoes or large mines. But...
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'The Dark Money Behind the Wisconsin Recall' by Mother Jones
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View ArticleWalker wins Wisconsin recall election flooded with outside spending
With a 7-to-1 fundraising advantage and record turnout, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defeated a union-led recall challenge by Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee Tom Barrett.The Wisconsin vote captured...
View ArticleState Integrity Investigation provides 'roadmap' for ethics reform
A Florida research group released a report yesterday on how to improve the state’s ethics laws, using results from the State Integrity Investigation as a basis for reform. The Sunshine State ranked...
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