The global battle over e-cigarettes
While questions linger about health benefits, the e-cig industry has touched off a major struggle with Big Tobacco
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 12GlobalPost, Health, Cigarettes
From the environment to income inequality, these companies don't seem to have a clue -- and it's hurting Americans
While questions linger about health benefits, the e-cig industry has touched off a major struggle with Big Tobacco
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 122013 was a year of unexpected vulnerability and vitality — and the year fast food and Wal-Mart campaigns diverged
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 130From an angry Tea Party congressman to an MSNBC host, here are the quotes I received in 2013 that surprised me most
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 29"We feel that if [Obama]’s not going to take action, that we’re going to take action in our hands"
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 6:26 PM UTC 21Bloomberg reveals how retail giant and other top corporations “reap worker political donations through charities"
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 3:20 PM UTC 48From greed-drive mutilations to chemically induced sudden death, these food industry atrocities are far too common
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 3:07 PM UTC 19Forget the housing and tech bubbles -- this is the real reason to worry in 2014. Thanks, energy companies!
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 12:44 PM UTC 108We're suckers for "Mad Men" and slick '60s odes to authenticity. And in the end we're just that -- suckers
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 52To fix this struggling economy, here's why he'd want investments in infrastructure, education and healthcare
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 11:59 AM UTC 110The musical genius shares his songwriting secrets, opens up his finances and ponders the future of art and the Web
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 123This could be a sign that the entitlement reform debate is finally moving beyond just cuts and austerity
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 27Constantly warning about "Chinese bond-holders" is misinformed, and arouses anti-Chinese xenophobia and paranoia
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 11:30 AM UTC 136Caught on tape: A Georgia man's Halloween costume spurred an hour-long interrogation, and a four-day suspension
Friday, Dec 20, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 90The tech world achieved some remarkable things in 2013 — but miracle gadgets come at a price
Friday, Dec 20, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 18Savvy musicians like Beyoncé and David Bowie have adapted to the Web. That's not innovative -- just good business
Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 11:59 PM UTCMore and more companies are turning to blue-collar temp workers to do the country's most dangerous jobs
Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 8:52 PM UTC 42While employees say Amy's Bread is threatening them to keep mum, owner says anti-union meetings are "very friendly"
Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 23New York State Assemblyman Steve Katz sure has had a change of heart since he was busted for possession
Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 1:00 PM UTCThe popular yogurt will be off the shelves by early next year (UPDATED)
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 8:50 PM UTC 25After alleged union-busting by NBC-owned company, AFL-CIO calls out Maddow, Sharpton, O'Donnell, Schultz and Hayes
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 8:22 PM UTC 164Unemployment is still at 7 percent, but Bernanke and co. decide that enough is enough
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 7:34 PM UTC 14It's the first major discovery since the ban on deepwater drilling was lifted
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 3:44 PM UTCWith credit scores being exploited to cut people out of the job market, here's how the senator is fighting back
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 158Fired workers from Wal-Mart's top U.S. warehouse win cash and an affirmation of rights -- but not their jobs back
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 5:39 PM UTC 14From legalized pot in Colorado to Sanjay Gupta's high-profile change of heart, 2013 marked a turning point
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 1:33 PM UTCHere's how more than $81 billion in tax money last year quietly went to federal contractors with horrifying records
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 23Progress: Unlike the Atkins Diets and fat-free crazes of years past, most of these fads are relatively healthy
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 12:50 PM UTC 164When we rush to prescribe boatloads of Adderall, we miss lesser-known disorders holding kids back. I know too well
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 135"I am being made out to be some money-grubbing pig," host adds. "There’s all kinds of envy out there on the left"
Monday, Dec 16, 2013 8:31 PM UTC 188How JPMorgan and Xerox are making money off of American misery
Monday, Dec 16, 2013 2:22 PM UTC 101Warehouse workers win payment after charging abuse and fraud -- as parallel Wal-Mart supply chain battles rage on
Monday, Dec 16, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 36Rupert Murdoch and other moguls smell mega-riches in Common Core Standards. They can't be allowed to wreck schools
Monday, Dec 16, 2013 12:43 PM UTC 130Government hopes to crack down on their overuse by leaving it up to the companies that manufacture them. Good luck!
Sunday, Dec 15, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 65For decades, both parties supplanted a push for higher wages with well-intended public aid. The result: calamity
Sunday, Dec 15, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 734Newtown and Arapahoe shootings keep happening because there's big money in guns -- and outdated myths we must end
Saturday, Dec 14, 2013 1:15 PM UTC 946"I'm a capitalist," MSNBC host boasts -- and refuses to take sides on alleged union-busting by NBC-owned company
Friday, Dec 13, 2013 9:11 PM UTC 117Knocking "media wannabes," MSNBC host Ed Schultz addresses criticism of his response to alleged NBC union-busting
Friday, Dec 13, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 85Employers are developing powerful new statistical tools to judge the value of workers. Here's why you should worry
Friday, Dec 13, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 100After right-wing antics and liberal union-busting denied them their union, NYU grad students just won it back
Thursday, Dec 12, 2013 3:39 PM UTC 28Workers urge MSNBC's top hosts to end silence about alleged fear campaign on their home turf. Ed Schultz demurs
Thursday, Dec 12, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 123