(NEW YORK) MintPress – While the White House and Congress remain locked in a stalemate over how to resolve the budget deficit, and the threat of the so-called fiscal cliff looms large in Washington, many economists say a far greater problem facing the nation is the growing gap between rich and poor. Even as the economy […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – While the White House and Congress remain locked in a stalemate over how to resolve the budget deficit, and the threat of the so-called fiscal cliff looms large in Washington, many economists say a far greater problem facing the nation is the growing gap between rich and poor. Even as the economy […]
(MintPress) – The word “welfare” is often synonymous with individuals on the receiving end of government-sponsored programs — a keyword when debating fiscal responsibility and the role of government in the lives of Americans. Rarely is it used to describe tax incentives used to lure corporations. Yet it’s that type of welfare that takes up […]
(MintPress) – The word “welfare” is often synonymous with individuals on the receiving end of government-sponsored programs — a keyword when debating fiscal responsibility and the role of government in the lives of Americans. Rarely is it used to describe tax incentives used to lure corporations. Yet it’s that type of welfare that takes up […]
(MintPress) – Not too long ago, Rupert Murdoch was the feared emperor of a media empire that stretched along both sides of the Atlantic. From his beginnings at Australia’s News Limited, he slowly and steadily acquired newspaper properties in Australia and New Zealand before taking over England’s News of the World and the Sun, and […]
(MintPress) – Not too long ago, Rupert Murdoch was the feared emperor of a media empire that stretched along both sides of the Atlantic. From his beginnings at Australia’s News Limited, he slowly and steadily acquired newspaper properties in Australia and New Zealand before taking over England’s News of the World and the Sun, and […]
(MintPress) – Can corporations own the rights to human genes? It’s a question the Supreme Court will examine and decide on by the end of June 2013, evoked by the Salt Lake City-based company Myriad Genetics’ decision to patent two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. While about 20 percent of the some 23,000 genomes in […]
(MintPress) – Can corporations own the rights to human genes? It’s a question the Supreme Court will examine and decide on by the end of June 2013, evoked by the Salt Lake City-based company Myriad Genetics’ decision to patent two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. While about 20 percent of the some 23,000 genomes in […]
Once again, the American right wing has vomited forth racist accusations that President Obama, who just thumped conservatives in the recent election, doesn’t really have American interests at heart. On Thursday, Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced on a conservative radio program that Obama orchestrated Gadhafi’s ouster from Libya so “al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood could take […]
Once again, the American right wing has vomited forth racist accusations that President Obama, who just thumped conservatives in the recent election, doesn’t really have American interests at heart. On Thursday, Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced on a conservative radio program that Obama orchestrated Gadhafi’s ouster from Libya so “al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood could take […]
This post is being kept up-to-date. It was first published on Nov. 13. For the past nine months, we’ve been following how political campaigns use data about voters to target them in different ways. During the election, the Obama campaign, which had assembled a cutting-edge team of data scientists, developers, and digital advertising experts, refused […]
This post is being kept up-to-date. It was first published on Nov. 13. For the past nine months, we’ve been following how political campaigns use data about voters to target them in different ways. During the election, the Obama campaign, which had assembled a cutting-edge team of data scientists, developers, and digital advertising experts, refused […]
Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee […]
Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee […]
