Rights Groups Win Release of Abu Ghraib Photos

A federal judge yesterday found that lawyers for the federal government failed to prove their assertion that privacy and national security should trump the public's right to know when it comes to...

California Judge Upholds Local Living-wage Law

In what is thought to be the first case of its kind, a California judge last Friday ordered one of the world's largest laundry goods suppliers to pay over $1 million to settle a claim brought by...

Campuses Launch Renewed Anti-sweatshop Campaign

College students across the country yesterday kicked off a campaign aimed at forcing 40 different institutions to abandon tacit approval of sweatshop labor practiced by the world's largest...

Signs of Environmental Hazards Dampen Katrina Homecoming

City officials urging residents to repopulate select parts of New Orleans know little about the storm’s ecological impact, leading critics to question the sensibility and motives of the effort.

Report: Drug Company Money Skews Studies

A recent study found that when pharmaceutical companies fund reports about drug trials, the medicine in question is more often given a high rating than when the reports are funded by government or...

Beverage Industry’s Self-Imposed Regulations ‘PR Stunt,’ Group Charges

Tuesday, a group representing the nation's largest soft drink producers and distributors announced it would initiate a self-imposed ban on sales of sweetened and carbonated beverages to schools,...

Real "aid" to Africa is ending support for military dictatorships

Recently, the news columns were full of a supposed dispute between the Americans and the British about foreign aid relief to Africa. If the news reports are to be believed, the British wish to push the Americans further, to provide more debt relief for countries...

Now What? First, We Kill the Media

The second Bush term is going to make the first four years look like the the good old days. ... Beyond the few wealthy ones who really did have self-interests in Bush winning (and the yuppie wannabes trying to get into that elite club) a huge wave of white, working class...