HBO Wins Libel Suit Over Depiction Of Child Labor by Mitre Sports, Inc.
By David Robb Deadline Hollywood, May 8, 2015 HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel has won a civil suit brought against it by Mitre Sports, the
The Saga of Koch Industries
Koch Industries owed its creation to Fred C. Koch (1900-1967), a chemical engineer who developed a new cracking method for the refinement of heavy oil
Barrick Gold: Neoconning the Public
Nigel Wright has been much in the news for the $90,172 cheque he signed over to Mike Duffy. Much less attention has been devoted to the scandalous imp
For Nazi Industrialists and Hitler’s Banker “All was Forgiven”
"... Germany had lost the war, the Nazi industrialists agreed, but the struggle would continue along new lines. The Fourth Reich would be a financial,
Koch Funding of Universities Shrouded in Secrecy
In a recent column entitled “The Campus Climate Crusade,” The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel spent over 800 words arguing the basic c
WikiLeaks Publishes 30,000 Leaked Sony Documents -- Some Concerning Ties to the Rand Corporation
Also see: WikiLeaks publishes huge archive of hacked Sony documents: "Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is on the board of trustees of R
Monsanto Fights Report Tying Herbicide, Cancer
WASHINGTON – Monsanto Co. called on the World Health Organization on Tuesday to withdraw a claim that the most widely used weed killer in the world
US to Investigate Charge of Multiple Child Rapes by Dyncorp Employees in Colombia
"... The historian mentioned one 2004 case in the central Colombian town of Melgar where 53 underage girls allegedly were sexually abused by nearby st
SunTrust Agrees to Settlement Over Mortgage Abuse Accusations
More than 8,000 Floridians whose mortgages were serviced by SunTrust Mortgage Inc. and lost their homes to foreclosures between Jan. 1, 2008 and D
How Big Oil Gets Respected Scientists To Lie
March 21, 2015 By the 1950s, Big Tobacco knew smoking caused cancer. By the 1960s, the companies knew nicotine was addictive and
The History of Aspartame
Also see: Genetically Modified BACTERIA Used to Make NutraSweet Modified and Additional Material by Arthur M. Evangelista, a former FDA Investigat
The Right-Wing Money Behind the Right-to-Work Battle
The Republican-run Legislature is poised to pass and Gov. Scott Walker has promised to sign a fast-tracked bill that would turn Wisconsin into a
Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Free Information: His Blood is on the Hands of the US Government
It’s been just over two years since computer prodigy Aaron Swartz took his own life. He was the target of a merciless witch-hunt by the Department o
IRS Continues to Review Vanguard's Fraudulent Tax Structure
Also see: Vanguard Group archive The Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission are still reviewing allegations that Van
Coca-Cola Pulls Fanta Ad Suggesting Nazi Germany Was “Good Old Times”
In a recent video recounting the birth of Fanta soft drinks, Coca-Cola explains that its German operation had trouble getting cola-making ingredients
The Privatization of War: Private Mercenaries and the “War on Terror” in American Foreign Policy
“I do this job for the opportunity to kill the enemies of my country and also to get that boat I always wanted. . . . [W]hen engaged I will lay wa
A New Challenge to Citizens United
"... the court didn’t pause to think about corporate crime. ..." Recently, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., announced bold legislation that will limit
Koch-Backed Group with Ties to Liberal Causes? Critics Call it a Charade (LA Times)
From Sourcewatch: Cause of Action, formerly known as Freedom Through Justice Foundation, according to its website, is a non-profit organization claim
Google Secretly Gave the Government WikiLeaks Journalists' Metadata
Google secretly gave the emails of WikiLeaks journalists to the US government in response to an espionage investigation targeting Julian Assange, acco
Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Revlon CEO After Racist, Anti-Semitic Remarks
CEO allegedly said he 'can smell black people,' 'Jews stick together,' launched tirade against Americans. 1/2/2015 A discrimination lawsuit has
Blackwater Lobbyist Named Staff Director Of House Intelligence Committee
For Republicans, hiring lobbyists to handle the day-to-day goings on of Congress seems to have become a normal occurrence these days, so Acade
Credit Suisse Bank Faces $10 Billion Lawsuit Over Pre-2007 Mortgage Fraud
Also see: "How A Charlotte Stripper Got Credit Suisse To Admit To Mortgage Fraud And That 'Someone Should Go To Jail For This'" At long last, you c
Hitler’s Nazi Germany Used an American PR Agency
"[Carl] Byoir represented nazi bankers and industrialists and the I.G. Farben interests. One of his clients was Ernest Schmitz, member of the I.G. Far