We are What We Eat

Matt Holland with True Majority and USAction writes, “That morsel at the end of your fork isn’t just food. It’s the product of fossil fuels, industrialized agriculture and chemical herbicides–all of which are destroying our environment and...

Lying with Statistics

Peter Hart at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) points out that Bill O’Reilly claimed that the New England Journal of Medicine denounced health-care reform. But…that wasn’t, you know, true. He cited some statistics about how supposedly...

What’s Next?

With the health-care fight finally behind him, it looks like Obama can now address other key issues. It’s time for social movements to call on him to take action. The Institute for Policy Studies is working on several policies, including carbon markets, a tax on...

Consumer Protection and Corporate Purses

In this period of painfully partisan politics, it’s too easy for the focus to be on who won today, instead of the American people’s needs. We’re witnessing just that in two roiling debates–one over the proposed Consumer Financial Protection...

No More Blank Checks for the Pentagon, Please

As a hardworking taxpayer, you’ll settle up with the IRS in the next few weeks. Whether you write a check for the remainder of your share of the taxes or request a refund because you overpaid, you’ll be acutely aware of how much you paid the feds this...