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Economy News: Where are the Jobs?

According to the Texas Department of Workforce Solutions, the 34,677 jobless El Pasoans were the most the border city had seen in 11 years.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - The shipping of goods across the US-Mexico border is back on a brisk track.

But employment opportunities on both sides of the international line are still not keeping pace with the so-called economic recovery.

Interest Groups that Supported Bill to Resume Offshore Drilling Gave 4.8 times more to House Democrats that Voted YES than to Ho

Opposition includes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Surfrider Foundation.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - The House of Representatives passed HR 1229 - Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act on Wednesday by an overwhelming margin of 263 - 163.

The Other Drug Cartel...

Prescription Drug Advertising. Where is the Outrage?

(VADNAIS, Minn.) - Many legislators in Congress still do not get it! The largest contributing factor in the outrageous cost of prescription drugs is advertising and promotion, estimated to be about 37% of the price we pay for those drugs.

More money is spent on lobbying, advertising and promotion by the pharmaceutical industry than is spent on research and development.

Op-Ed: How to Know What`s True In Age of Information Overload

Pragmatic, Serious, Sensible Guiding Steps To Navigating Blur of 21st-Century Media Terrain.

(SEASIDE, Ore.) - Seldom, these days,. do I ever find any book, even the most professional-level ones, of such overriding importance that it requires me to write essentially a book-report in place of mine own "informed opinion" as an Op Ed.
But it does still happen --very occasionally indeed.

This one is simply titled "BLUR".

Military Veterans Face Filmmaking Challenge

A Navy reservist wrote the short film “Last Call at Mac’s” about the range of emotions facing a group of Marines on their last night before a combat deployment.

(LOS ANGELES) - Military Veterans Face Filmmaking Challenge Los Angeles - May 10, 2011 – A short film about service members and their families filmed by veterans’ overcomes real life challenges to get their stories told.

"The theme of the film is ‘what’s worth fighting for’”, said Michael Hjelmstad, Producer and Marine Corps Veteran.

Ninth Circuit Court Says VA, Congress and President Seriously Screwed Up

Court decision will radically change VA's approach to Veteran's health treatment.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Never in my life have I read words so supportive of veterans. It is sad and a case of horrible negligence and oversight, but for once, someone is putting their foot down, and that 'someone' is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans United for Truth Inc., brought the matter forward, representing their members and a class of all veterans similarly situated.

Government Intrusion

My husband is a medical hostage for profit.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Where does one turn when you become disabled, vulnerable or old and become unlawfully a victim of the system?

There are no kind words for the injustice that Chemung County New York has visited upon my husband, Gary Harvey and me. My husband a veteran who served his country and fought for our freedom is being denied his.

Elder Abuse, Neglect Rampant in US

They are a small but growing movement called the National Association to stop Guardian Abuse.

(WASHINGTON D.C. Press TV) - They say the disabled and elderly are being preyed upon by the legal system, by crooked lawyers and courts who scam millions of dollars by having older people declared Guardians of the courts depriving them and their families of their rights and taking their assets.

Protesting in front of the Justice Department, they met with a few members of Congress demanding something be done.

Georgia - Yet Another State Dealing With an Epidemic of OxyContin Addiction, Death and Abuse

Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, lied about the addictive and abusive qualities of the drug, unleashing an unprecedented epidemic of death and addiction/

(ATLANTA) - As Georgia anxiously awaits a recently approved prescription drug monitoring database to track potentially addictive prescriptions, which will save lives, an argument takes place among lawmakers.

Nakba: a Remembrance

64 years ago, the Palestinian catastrophe began, known as the Nakba.

(LAVERNE, Calif.) - The plight of the Palestinians that began so ruthlessly in 1947, and is now called the Nakba, was an intentional, calculated campaign to force the Palestinian Arabs out of Palestine.

It was a systematic genocide of a people as defined by the United Nations in its adoption of Genocide Convention, Article II