Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

Bankers, consumer groups clash over IRS plan to crack down on foreign tax cheats

By Michael Hudson

US banks say they shouldn't have to report foreign deposits

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"… Latin America. Bank failures in Florida. Millions of jobs lost across the United States.What could cause such chaos?According to American bankers and their allies …"

"… d government accountability organizations.As iWatch News has reported, the United States is a major tax haven for affluent Latin Americans even as the IRS fights t …"

"… Goulder, editor-in-chief of U.S.-based Tax Notes International, calls the United States “the biggest tax haven in the world.”American banks deny they help for …"

"… their home countries.Under U.S. law, foreign nationals living outside the United States who deposit money in American banks don’t have to pay U.S. taxes, and th …"

Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —
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FDA screening of fish imports not catching antibiotics and drug residue

By Laurel Adams

FDA taken to task for sloppy inspections of imported fish

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"… a, Vietnam and Ecuador. …"

Few options for Obama administration in Syria

By Laurel Adams

Existing sanctions on Syria severely limit Obama's options to step in as civilians are killed

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"… to Syria since 1981. …"

Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Tom Ridge, the Department of Homeland Security’s first secretary, testified before the 9/11 Commission on a May morning in 2004. Ridge spoke

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"… 002 bill authorizing the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States — the 9/11 Commission — they required that it examine congressional ov …"

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State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

IG questions whether State Department is ready to take over many reconstruction tasks in Iraq

Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

U.S. food aid must boost nutrition for long-term recipients, adopt sturdier packaging

By Laurel Adams

U.S. food aid must boost nutrition for long-term recipients, adopt sturdier packaging

Carbon as a commodity

By Marianne Lavelle

Can a $2 trillion 'cap and trade' market fight climate change?

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"… dy active in Europe under the Kyoto treaty, argues that there are ways the United States could already be cutting its greenhouse gas emissions today—through rene …"

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