Dow Cleans Up Image, Not Practices
The Chemical Company That Made DDT, Agent Orange Isn't Living Up to New Ads
The former head of EPA's Midwest office claims her attempts to get Dow Chemical to stop dumping toxins in Michigan drinking water triggered her ouster.
Commentary
Fed Stirs Nightmares of Return to '70s
By Charles R. Morris
05/08/2008
Even the Fed worries about the 'uncertainty' of the inflation outlook.
Ayn Rand 101
By Bruce McCall
05/07/2008
THE JAUNDICED EYE
Two dozen colleges have accepted millions to start programs devoted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. What could a survey course look like?
McCain Policy Defies Math
By Robert Borosage
04/29/2008
McCain just finished his "forgotten" America tour, where he offered little to the working and poor who turned out to hear him.
- Wright as Father Figure
- Nomenclatural Floodgates
- The Real HUD Scandal
- Rockefeller's Apology Doesn't Excuse Washington Culture
- Time to Buy Gold Bars?
- Petraeus Testimony Field Manual
- Gender Betrayal
- McCain Foreign Policy: Bush Doctrine Plus
- Ensuring Permanence
- Not So Fast on Mortgage Solutions
- No Country for Old (Black) Men
- Bailout Bernanke: Hero of Wall Street
- Credit Crisis Only Begins With Mortgages
CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA
Top News
Is Real ID Really Going to Happen?
By Matthew Blake
05/12/2008
Real ID hasn't gone as planned -- at any step of the way.
Health Care Reform Waits
By Mike Lillis
05/09/2008
Former Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson urged action this week, saying 2009 brings a perfect storm to sweep through change.
Will Democrats Unite?
By Jeremy P. Jacobs
05/08/2008
As the primary drags on, some Democrats grow more concerned about the health of the party.
The Berkeley Tempest
By Spencer Ackerman
05/08/2008
For one Berkeley professor, a recently released torture memo authored by Yoo raises questions about the meaning of academic freedom.
Coming to Grips
By Holly Yeager
05/07/2008
Clinton isn't calling it quits, but the tenor of her campaign has changed.
Adoption Rules Tighten Abroad
By Mary Kane
05/07/2008
Cultural changes, restrictions and shutdowns are changing the landscape of families produced by the "adoption revolution."
King David
By Spencer Ackerman
05/06/2008
Gen. David H. Petraeus used the principles of counterinsurgency to lead the surge of U.S. forces in Iraq. In an interview today he talks about the hard road ahead.
An Appetizing, and Inedible, Option
By Suemedha Sood
05/06/2008
Scouting for biofuel alternatives, scientists point to crops like switchgrass that won't drive up the price of food.
Mending Mental Health Coverage?
By Mike Lillis
05/06/2008
House lawmakers pushing for broad patient benefits have been met with resistance by senators of both parties, the White House, business groups and the insurance industry.
High-Tech Weapons Plan for Now
By David Axe
05/05/2008
Some Army officials would rather develop tools for unknown threats.
First Lady Fine Line
By Holly Yeager
05/02/2008
After months of campaigning, Clinton's eight years in the West Wing have come to be viewed in a different light.
Elitist Charge Not New for Obama
By Jeremy P. Jacobs
05/02/2008
Obama attended Punahou, a private school built for Hawaii's upper class.
The Insurgent as Counterinsurgent
By Spencer Ackerman
05/02/2008
Moqtada Sadr remains the most powerful political figure in Iraq. How has he consistently maintained strength?
Calls for Olympic Boycott Intensify
By Mike Lillis
05/01/2008
Some members of Congress are pushing the president to skip the Beijing ceremony because of the country's human rights record.
- Billions for Pentagon Failures
- How Fraud Fueled the Mortgage Crisis
- A National Media Product
- Why Is Doan Out?
- The Down Ballot Argument
- Vets Drum Up Support for GI Bill
- Wild Shakeup to Hit New Mexico
- U.S. Lacks Pakistan Strategy
- Obama's Wright Problem Persists
- Abstinence-Only Education Endures
- Dems Squeezed on Housing Bill
- Petraeus' Ascension
- Scientists: EPA 'Under Siege'
- The End of Cheap Food?
- Report: Bush SCHIP Rules Illegal
- Shooting Down Missile Defense
- A Win, But No Victory
- Committee Probes Industry Influence on EPA Panels
- Michelle Obama Makes Her Mark
- Rocky Road for Credit Card Bill
On GI Bill, Obama Hopes to Draw Distinction from McCain
By Mike Lillis 05/12/2008 04:45PM
As presidential hopeful Barack Obama shifts his focus from the primary contest to the general election, he's trumpeting his support for a congressional proposal to extend education benefits to post-9/11 vets -- and reminding voters that the likely GOP nominee, John McCain, opposes the same plan.
Maine's Allen Pulls for Obama
By Mike Lillis 05/12/2008 04:30PM
With the super-delegate momentum decidedly with Barack Obama, Maine Rep. Tom Allen (D) on Monday announced his endorsement for the Illinois senator -- a move that could end up helping Allen at least as much as it does Obama. That's because Allen is in the middle of a tough Senate contest with two-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R) -- a race considered to be one of the more hotly contested in the country.
Obama's Jewish Vote Troubles Overblown
By Jeremy P. Jacobs 05/12/2008 04:20PM
One story that continues to surface over and over again is whether Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will be able to count on Jewish voters in the general election. (I have written on the issue here and again here.) Today Gallup released a poll that should, at least for the time being, quiet all those who think Obama needs to worry about courting Jewish voters.
Don't Blame DHS
By Matthew Blake 05/12/2008 01:59PM
From color-coded terror alerts to FEMA and now, in a Washington Post series, dubiously detained immigrants, there are few bigger Bush administration targets than the Dept. of Homeland Security. But in many instances DHS is working with both the hand that Congress and the president dealt them.
