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Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor | Junk Food Nation

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205Q.shtml

In recent months the major food companies have been trying hard to

convince Americans that they feel the pain of our expanding waistlines,

especially when it comes to kids. But behind the scenes it's hardball as

usual, with the junk food giants pushing the Bush Administration to

defend their interests.

 

 

Bombs Bad Enough, but Guns Worse in Baghdad

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081205R.shtml

July was a record month at Baghdad's main morgue, where the bodies pile

up so fast they often have to be buried before they can be identified

to make way for the next day's arrivals. While car bombings and suicide

attacks have garnered the most attention and have claimed thousands of

lives in Iraq, shootings have accounted for thousands more civilian

deaths since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

 

 

Bill McKibben | What 'Green' Means

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205EA.shtml

The environmentalist creed has sunk in deep in the last 30 years,

becoming a fixed part of the landscape. Why, then, have so many

environmentalists and journalists spent so much time talking about the

" death of

environmentalism " thesis?

 

 

Details Scant on Federal Plan for Spotted Owl

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205EB.shtml

The shy northern spotted owl - last decade's symbol of the Pacific

Northwest logging wars - once again finds itself at the center of the

dispute.

 

 

Big Pharma's Free Ride

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205HA.shtml

Pharmaceutical companies are using free trade deals like CAFTA to

eliminate global competition - and deny poor patients access to cheaper

generic drugs.

 

 

Laura Miller | Self-Help Nation

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205HB.shtml

Americans spend billions of dollars a year trying to improve

themselves. Self-help, in all its ever-proliferating forms - books,

seminars,

video, audio and digital - is a multibillion-dollar industry that has

soaked into every corner of American life. Miller investigates this

American phenomena.

 

 

ABC's One-Sided Wal-Mart Report

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205LA.shtml

This week, the largest class action suit in US history goes to court in

California, as plaintiffs representing over 1 million workers accuse

Wal-Mart of sex discrimination. Segments like the August 7 report only

contribute to a suspicion that Wal-Mart's sponsorship of the news comes

at a steep price.

 

 

Study: Homeowning More Elusive

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205LB.shtml

Housing prices are far outstripping salary increases for low- and

moderate-income jobs, putting the American dream of owning a home

beyond the

reach of teachers, firefighters and other community workers in many

cities.

 

 

Jonathan Tasini | The Birthday Bush Wants to Ignore

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081205SA.shtml

On the eve of Social Security's 70th anniversary this Sunday, Tasini

takes a close look at how the Bush administration is handling Social

Security and its future. One of the most successful social programs in

our

nation's history continues to be maligned by those responsible for

ensuring its long-term health.

 

 

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