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  • Election Reforms: Falling short

    WASHINGTON — Proponents of progressive election reform gave cautious approval to the recent report issued by a commission assigned to investigate the improvement of federal elections. Many critics, however, point to several obstacles that remain in the way of free and fair elections throughout the United States. The report, issued by the National Commission on Federal Election Reform headed by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, was presented to President Bush. Among its recommendations are provisions regarding increases in equipment standards and stepped-up federal funding for the administration of elections.

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  • Son of Star Wars: Another arms race?

    WASHINGTON — Reports emerging from the Pentagon about plans to test a “Space Bomber” are drawing accusations that the U.S. government is attempting to engage in another arms race. The bomber, a spacecraft reportedly capable of destroying targets on the other side of the globe within 30 minutes, is a key component of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s plan to modernize U.S. weaponry. The satellite is currently under production by NASA and Lockheed Martin, a leading military contractor. Pentagon claims that the bomber can cause greater and deeper ground damage from a virtually unassailable height have many critics questioning it as…

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  • ExxonMobil: Facing a boycott

    ExxonMobil, one of the biggest corporations on the planet, is now facing a boycott spearheaded by activist groups protesting the company’s policies at home and abroad. The boycott was launched by PressurePoint, a grassroots organization looking to “take real action on climate change and corporate influence,” according to Chris Doran, campaigns director for the group. “The U.S. government’s climate change policy is the ExxonMobil policy,” Doran says. “What sort of democracy do we have when one company can buy off our political process for its own gains?” ExxonMobil is a charter member of the Global Climate Coalition, an influential industry…

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  • Beyond the Ford-Firestone Uproar: Critics blast lack of regulation, accountability in SUV safety

    WASHINGTON – Recent congressional hearings probed the accountability of Ford and Firestone in many incidents where car or tire malfunctioned, causing injury or death. The hearings also questioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal government’s chief regulator of automobile safety, and its role in providing the public with adequate information. While the blame-placing among corporate executives and congressional subcommittees occurred on Capitol Hill, several analysts decried the lack of accountability being demanded of the corporations involved. Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, pointed to a lack of regulation of sport utility vehicles and rollover standards.

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  • NEWS BRIEFING WITH LAWRENCE SUMMERS, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY RAYMOND OFFENHEISER, PRESIDENT, OXFAM

    Questions from IPA appear below in bold HEADLINE: NEWS BRIEFING WITH LAWRENCE SUMMERS, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY RAYMOND OFFENHEISER, PRESIDENT, OXFAM DEBT RELIEF TO POOR COUNTRIES AND OXFAM EDUCATION NOW AWARD INTRODUCTION: MARTA ARIAS LOCATION: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON D.C. BODY:

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  • Ten Real Reasons To Impeach Clinton

    We all seem to have lost our sense of proportion. Why are the political leaders of the United States and the major media talking of impeaching Bill Clinton for lies about sex, surely not the most important sins of his administration? If Clinton is to be impeached, why do it for frivolous reasons? I can think of at least ten reasons to impeach him, for acts far more serious than his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky or his lies to Kenneth Starr. I am speaking of matters of life and death for large numbers of people. 1. Clinton approved, very early…

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  • Autopsy Of A Disaster: The U.S. Sanctions Policy On Iraq

    For a shorter version of this timeline, click here. Myth: The Sanctions Will be Lifted When Iraq Complies with the U.N. Inspections April 3, 1991: U.N. Security Council passes Resolution 687 which states that upon “the completion by Iraq of all actions contemplated in” specific paragraphs of the resolution, “the prohibitions against financial transactions … shall have no further force or effect.” The paragraphs cited have to do with weapons inspections. Other paragraphs in the resolution have to do with “return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq” and Iraqi liability for losses and damage resulting from Iraq’s occupation of…

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  • Big Pharma’s Big-Money Business Model for the Pandemic

    Fresh analysis from the New Institute for Economic Thinking finds that drug prices will remain out of reach for Americans until pharmaceutical companies sever executive pay from stock price performance and the companies are banned from stock buybacks.

  • Nobel Peace Prize Purpose: Ending War or Taking Sides?

    PBS reports: “Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner works to hold Russia accountable for atrocities.” The Ukraine-based Center for Civil Liberties will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway this Saturday. Other awardees are Ales Bialiatski from Belarus and the Russian organization Memorial, which was founded when the Soviet Union ended to document abuses under Stalin. FREDRIK…

  • Nursing Home Deaths Remain High

    Nursing home deaths have remained high while older Amercians’ rates of receiving Covid boosters have been lower than expected.

  • Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Giving it Billions More

    Congress stands ready to give a big raise to an agency that failed to account for more than 60 percent of its assets.

  • Why are 9 out of 10 Covid Deaths Among Americans 65+?

    Although adults over the age of 65 make up only 16 percent of the U.S. population, they account for nearly 90 percent of current Covid deaths. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field weighs in on why.

  • Study Links Paid Sick Leave and Higher Vaccination Rates

    A new study finds that vaccination rates may be 17 percent higher in cities with paid sick leave policies compared to cities without such policies. 

  • U.S. Pouring Gasoline on Ukraine Fire, Risking Armageddon

    In his latest article “Ukraine War Evolves: Slouching Toward Armageddon”, Professor Falk harkens back to the Yalta Agreement on maintaining spheres of influence, and how a self-censoring Western media has propogated state propaganda as the US continues to torpedo any attempts at a resolution to the conflict.

  • Predicted Spill of Toxic Foam in Hawaii Highlights Dangers

    Elder’s team documented high levels of PFAS draining into the water at Honolulu earlier this year.

  • Global Covid Mortality Rates Obscure Actual Loss of Life

    Philip Schellekens argues that reported Covid-19 mortality rates suggest that the pandemic has been “mild” in developing countries––but further examination leads to exactly the opposite conclusion.

  • Biden on Railroad Strike: “Giving Big Thumbs Up” to Those Who Have “Run Supply Chain to the Ground”

    “Two things everyone needs to understand: 1) It is BECAUSE they always counted on Biden/Congress forcing a deal down workers’ throats that rail carriers saw no reason to bargain in good faith for 2-plus years or to change the profit-maximizing practices that have blown up the supply chain. So, if you just started caring about…

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