President Dwight Eisenhower represented another era, when many in both parties rebuked special interests. At one point, Eisenhower vetoed a natural gas deregulation bill that he even agreed with on principle because the gas lobby had used such disreputable tactics in moving the legislation through Congress. Eisenhower’s effort against lobbying is best remembered though by
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Two years after BP’s horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there are still signs of environmental and economic havoc. Recent investigations from al Jazeera and the Associated Press have found shrimp without eyes, crabs without claws, and many species of fish that carry strange deformaties and other signs of mutations. ThinkProgress notes that
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Last year, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Grain Co. in Oklahoma. The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rules that might have prevented this tragedy. The rules, designed to curb dangerous child labor in agriculture, were finally unveiled last year after a long delay. The
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Republic Report previously reported that former President George W. Bush will be speaking at the annual meeting of APSCU, the leading association of for-profit colleges, on June 22 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. For-profit colleges get $32 billion in student aid from your tax dollars every year, but many are marked by deceptive
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Earth Day is this Sunday, and millions of people worldwide are expected to take part in events intended to celebrate Mother Nature and call attention to environmental issues. Looming in the background of this day of action and awareness is a great threat to both the earth and humanity: catastrophic climate change spurred on by
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The for-profit college industry gets about $32 billion of its approximately $35 billion annual revenue from federal financial aid. Fifteen of the largest for-profits get 86 percent of their money from federal student aid programs – such as Pell grants, student loans, and the G.I. Bill. Yet every time someone proposes making their schools more
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Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy. There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of
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On Tuesday, President Obama boldly called for cracking down on rampant oil speculation, which experts say has increased the amount consumers pay at the pump by as much as $10 dollarsper a tank of gas. In response, the Republican Party and a set of big business-friendly blogs are rushing to promote a video clip of
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