Michael Hudson: Theology and Neoliberal Economics

Many academics recently received a petition signed by 111 University of Chicago faculty members, explaining that “without any announcement to its own community, [the University] has commissioned Ann Beha Architects, a Boston firm, to remake the Chicago Theological Seminary building into a home for the Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics (MFIRE) and has renewed aggressive fund-raising activity for the controversial Institute.”

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Prescription drug use by US children on the rise

Children were the leading growth demographic for the pharmaceutical industry in 2009, with the increase of prescription drug use among youngsters nearly four times higher than in the overall population, according to a report by Medco Health Solutions Inc.

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Obama’s USDA Less Transparent Than Bush’s

The Environmental Working Group has worked hard to track the billions lavished on the wealthiest and largest farm operations in the country, in the hope that releasing the information would spur public demand for a sane and sensible agriculture policy. By following the money, we’ve exposed the grossly inequitable federal farm spending that enables the biggest subsidy recipients to maximize their haul of taxpayer dollars while skirting tepid regulations.

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Buyer Beware: Over the Counter DNA Tests Can Cause More Harm Than Good

Today, even as direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC) exhorts people to tell their doctor what they need (on the basis of the medical school they attended called TV), other products are starting to bypass the doc altogether.

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Coming to Terms with Climate Change and the Economy

As the climate changes, the consequences for poor people in low-income countries -- those who have had no part in the profligate consumption that created the problem -- will be particularly devastating. This fact is bringing climate justice to the fore of the agenda for many progressive groups that deal with international issues.

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Academy of Sciences defends climate-change research, conclusions

The National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific body, issued a strong defense of the science of climate change Wednesday and called for a long-lasting national policy to limit its effects.

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Coverup? Govt Denies Any Oil in Loop Current or Florida.

It's clear that the US government's usual and customary agencies that deal with offshore drilling are woefully unprepared for what we are, as a nation, as a planet, facing. It is time to go whole hog bottom-up.

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Top Fed Official Offers Dire Forecast, Says Economy Will Suffer For Years

A top Federal Reserve official warned Tuesday that one consequence of the Great Recession will be a "new normal" in which Americans have lower expectations for a better life.

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Breast cancer breakthrough: broccoli component zaps cells that fuel tumor growth

University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists say they've found a compound that could help prevent and potentially treat breast cancer. It's not a drug or a new radiation treatment but a natural component of broccoli and broccoli sprouts. And it has the remarkable ability to target cancer stem cells -- the specific cells responsible for fueling the growth of cancerous breast tumors.

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Fear Comes of Age

Elena Kagan is the perfect Supreme Court pick for Barack Obama.In fact, in so many ways, she is Barack Obama. Moreover, they both represent their generation well. They are the leading edge of Generation X, and they embody its character fully.

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