Australian Government Now Spies on Its Citizens More than the US Government Does: The Australian Government has now been labelled as the most intrusive government in the western world.
How US lawmakers and lobbyists keep a lock on the private prison business: America's three largest private prison companies spent in the region of $45m over the past 10 years in lobbying state and federal governments. During the same period, these companies saw their profits soar as they scored more government contracts.
Consumer Reports: 45% of adults skip out on prescriptions, medical care because of costs: Almost half - 46 percent of U.S. adults take prescription drugs. But, rising costs are stopping a vast number of people from filling their prescriptions or going to the doctor.
Poor And White? Your Life Expectancy Just Shrank By 4 Years: The U.S. does not fare well in international life expectancy rankings. American women fell from 14th place in 1985 to 41st place in 2010 in overall rankings, but among developed countries, they dropped to last place, according to the Human Mortality Database.
Poverty USA: Americans are working longer and harder but becoming poorer and less economically secure.
Study linking GM maize to cancer must be taken seriously by regulators: Trial suggesting a GM maize strain causes cancer has attracted a torrent of abuse, but it cannot be swept under the carpet.
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