Industry wields sway over air pollution rules, enforcement
A chemical plant looms behind a swing set in Houston. Ronnie Greene http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/ronnie-greene Chris Hamby http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/chris-hamby Jim Morris...
View ArticlePentagon is the security aid king in Washington
U.S. Department of State Rachael Marcus http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/rachael-marcus
View ArticleQ&A: Former Bush official touts ‘market-based’ air toxics regulation
Former George W. Bush environmental adviser James Connaughton — the man some insiders call "the next EPA administrator" if Mitt Romney wins the presidency — discusses regulation of toxic air pollutants.
View ArticleEx-WaMu worker claims he was shunned for refusing to push toxic loans on...
A branch of Washington Mutual bank is shown at the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. Michael Hudson http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/michael-hudson
View ArticleKern County's student smoking problem
Students in Kern County, California should beware of indulging in a nasty habit that plagues 17 percent of adults there. In line with its tough reputation for school discipline, Kern’s schools were...
View ArticleThe already-faded Republican front-runner
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is known for many things, but a strict adherence to ethics is not one of them. Back in April, politics reporter Peter H. Stone found Gingrich to be cultivating...
View ArticleA broken screening system
A woman having a mammogram, the widely-used form of screening for signs of breast cancer. iWatch News http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/iwatch-news
View ArticleAn American nightmare
Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C. have been allegedly victimized by aggressive car salesmen who offered free weekend trips to the beach but refused to bring service members back unless they bought a car;...
View ArticleThe Great Mortgage Cover-Up
Eileen Foster was mortgage fraud investigations chief for Countrywide Financial Corp., which eventually became Bank of America. iWatch News http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/iwatch-news
View ArticleThe beginning of Solyndra’s end
Steve Westly, pictured here during his 2006 campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in California, is one of Obama’s top fundraisers. Companies in The Westly Group portfolio have...
View ArticleMcCain changes tune on support for Grand Canyon air tours
A tour helicopter lifts off inside the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Rita Beamish http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/rita-beamish-0
View ArticleLooting the freezer shelves
An ICIJ reporter purchases hake from a Madrid market, as part of a DNA study, to see if consumers are really getting what they ask for. iWatch News http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/iwatch-news
View ArticleANALYSIS: When Medicare isn't Medicare
Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal would radically reshape the Medicare program. Wendell Potter http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/wendell-potter
View ArticleStruggles over responses to student "sexting"
A new study in Pediatrics looks at the issue of teens and “sexting,” which can get a student expelled and arrested in some states on criminal charges. The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange’s take...
View ArticleProcrastinating justice
A night view of the Tesoro Corp.’s refinery in Anacortes, Washington. iWatch News http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/iwatch-news
View ArticleMilitary schools get failing grades
Like four of her 19 classmates, fifth-grader Catie Hunter struggles with an absent parent -- her soldier-father has served overseas for half her life -- and a school that is falling apart. Three in...
View Article‘Super PACs’ spend $13 million on early primaries, Romney top beneficiary
Republican presidential candidates, from left, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, take part in the Republican debate in Des Moines,...
View ArticleTax gift to the rich
Ill. protesters try to disrupt a tax break legislation debate in the Illinois House of Representative session at the Illinois State Capitol on Dec. 12, 2011 in Springfield, Ill. John Aloysius Farrell...
View ArticleGambling with guns
Gen. Antonio Erasto Monsivais holds up a seized .50 caliber Barrett model 99 single-shot rifle in the seized weapons warehouse at the headquarters of the Secretary of Defense in Mexico City. Mexican...
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