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Feds to Publicize Drug Company Payments to Doctors

All of the nation's drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting payments they make to U.S. physicians.

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The .03% Solution

How a tiny tax on financial transactions could raise revenue and help the capital markets.

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Do As We Say, Congress Says, Then Does What It Wants

Congress exempts itself from a number of laws that apply to the private sector and the executive branch.

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Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink

Mexico City's plans to tap its newly discovered aquifer suggest that America is poisoning deep-located wells it might need in the future.

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Hacktivism: Civil Disobedience or Cyber Crime?

As Aaron Swartz’s and other “hacktivist” cases demonstrate, you don’t have to be a hacker to be viewed as one under federal law.

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TSA to Remove Harmful, Invasive X-Ray Body Scanners from Airports

The TSA glossed over the cancer risk posed by even the low doses of radiation emitted by X-ray scanners, while the FDA went against its own advisory panel that recommended a federal safety standard for the machines.

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Revealed: America Sold Arms to Bahrain Amid Bloody Crackdown

Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons to the small Mideast nation.

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As the Foreclosure Crisis Drags On, So Does Flawed Government

We've been keeping a close watch on whether the government is keeping its promises about compensating victims of the foreclosure crisis, which just ended its sixth year.

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