Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery
Wall Street Journal, May-07-2012 | Letter
Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column... Read More »
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The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster
Huffington Post, May-03-2012 | Article
Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise... Read More »
More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five
by Wayne Smith
Radio Cadena Agramonte, Apr-29-2012 | Article
Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth... Read More »
Tax Dodging Jeopardizes Society at Home and Abroad
by Heather Lowe, Clark Gascoigne
Huffington Post, Apr-17-2012 | Article
Highways, schools and law enforcement. Firefighters, courts and national security. These are just some of the many, essential public services that are funded by our tax dollars... Read More »
Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control
by Tom Barry
AlterNet, Apr-12-2012 | Article
Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones... Read More »
Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out
by Tom Barry
Truthout, Apr-11-2012 | Article
Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.... Read More »
Drones Flying Under the Radar
by Tom Barry
Truthout, Apr-05-2012 | Article
Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation... Read More »
Mitt Romney's Bermuda (tax) Holiday
by Dietlind Lerner, E.J. Fagan
Politico, Jan-20-2012 | Article
Mitt Romney’s direction of Bain Capital’s tax avoidance activities now threaten to become a major campaign issue. But how questionable are his actions? We need to ask: “What would I do if I could legally avoid paying income tax?”... Read More »
Outflows, Not Aid, Must Be Curtailed to Fight Poverty
The Huffington Post, Jan-11-2012 | Article
We learned some devastating news last month. A new study from Global Financial Integrity revealed that despite the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008, the developing world still suffered nearly $1 trillion in illicit financial outflows in 2009... Read More »
MakeTax Evasion Criminal Offence, Push for other Reforms to Combat Black Money
The Economic Times, Jan-07-2012 | Article
It is encouraging to see the zealous enthusiasm that has surfaced in India over the past few years on eliminating black money or illicit financial flows. While many other countries are taking modest steps to curtail illicit flows, India has gone ahead to make the issue one of pressing national importance. ... Read More »
