In 2003, one country voted against a U.N. resolution on access to drugs in global epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The resolution emphasized that the failure to deliver life-saving drugs to millions of people who are living with HIV/AIDS constitutes a global health emergency. One hundred sixty seven countries voted in favor of the resolution. The single vote against it was cast by the United States.
[Read more]Executive Order 13303
Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest
[Read more]Mom and Pops Are Tops
Consumer Reports, after researching 130 pharmacies and surveying 32,000 readers, found that independent pharmacies provide the best overall value.
[Read more]Book Review: Gangs of America
After two years of corporate scandals, it’s hard not to love a book that opens with observation: ”Nothing is illegal if 100 businessmen decide to do it.”
[Read more]How Media Giants Are Reassembling The Old Oligopoly
Two years ago, Mattel Inc. gave CBS a choice. The network had refused to broadcast the toymaker’s movie “Barbie in the Nutcracker” in prime time. So Mattel threatened to pull millions of dollars of advertising from the Nickelodeon cable channel — owned by CBS parent Viacom Inc.
[Read more]Corporations the Only Winners in Occupation of Iraq
The Bush administration’s foreign policy, like domestic policy, often seems to come directly from corporate board rooms. While U.S. soldiers attempt to establish law and order in Iraq, Bush has put oil companies above the law.
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