Source: EMERGE Title: “Targets For Scrutiny,” Date: October 1996, Author: Joe Davidson SSU Censored Researchers: Amber Knight, Yvonne Jolley-Crawford, and Brian Foust Community Evaluator: Rick Williams, J.D. Statistical evidence indicates that black elected officials have tended to be investigated by law enforcement agencies at higher rates than white elected officials. According to the Washington-based Joint [...]

Sources: SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES Title: “The Fight For 1592: AIDS Activists Battle Glaxo Over Access To Anxiously Awaited New Drug,” Date: May 15, 1997 Author: Bruce Mirken; SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN Title: “OTC Drugs to be Boycotted: AIDS Activists Announce Boycott of Drug Company,” Date: July 2, 1997 Author: Nina Siegal Major media coverage: [...]

Source: COUNTERPUNCH Title: “Clinton Crowd Said Yea! Plot to ‘Cure AIDS,’ Make H-Bombs and $5 Billion,” Date: April 1997, Authors: Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn SSU Censored Researchers Susan Allen SSU Staff Evaluator: Charles Fox A consortium of energy contractors plotted to gain control of the Fast Flux Facility at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, convert [...]

Source: THE NATION, Title: “The FBI,” Date: August 1, 1997, Author: David Burnham SSU Censored Researchers: Katie Sims and Ben Brewer SSU Faculty Evaluator: Patrick Jackson, Ph.D. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for years was perceived as the nation’s preeminent crime-fighting agency. That image took a blow from events at Waco and Ruby Ridge, [...]

Source: INSIGHT Title: “Sickness and Secrecy,” Date: August 25, 1997, Author: Paul M. Rodriguez SSU Censored Researchers: Robin Stovall and Kecia Kaiser SSU Faculty Evaluator: Andy Merrifield, Ph.D. Gulf War-related illnesses are rampant among American war veterans. One suggestion as to the cause of the illnesses has surfaced with new blood tests on the most [...]

Source: DOLLARS AND SENSE Title: “Does Preserving Earth Threaten Jobs?,” Date: May 1997 Author: Eban Goodstein SSU Censored Researchers: Robin Stovall and Katie Sims SSU Faculty Evaluator: Charles Fox Corporate lobbyists often claim that most of the jobs lost in the U.S. over the past decade were due to overblown environmental regulations. In 1990, the [...]

Sources: AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Title: “New Evidence on Fluoridation,” Date: 1997, Vol. 21, No. 2 Authors: Mark Diesendorf, John Colquhoun, Bruce J. Spittle, Douglas N. Everingham, and Frederick W. Clutterbuck; TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Worcester, MA), Title: “Panelists Critical of Fluoride: Chemical Linked to Health Problems” Date: October 25, 1996 Author: [...]

Source: THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Title: “Pill Pushers,” Date: April 1997 Author. Greg Critser SSU Censored Researchers: Jacqueline Lichstein and Judith Westfall SSU Faculty Evaluator: Paul Benko, Ph.D. Profit-hungry pill companies are ignoring responsible medical practices and taking advantage of a growth economy to booster and advertise prescription medications directly to the public. The rush to [...]

Sources: RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY, Titles: “Toxins Affect Behavior”; “Toxins and Violent Crime” Dates: January 16, 1997, #529; June 19, 1997, #551, Author. Peter Montague, Ph.D. SSU Censored Researcher: Deb Udall SSU Faculty Evaluator: Noel Byrne, Ph.D. It may come as no surprise that exposure to toxic pollutants—chemical substances and heavy metals—is hazardous to [...]

Source: EARTH FIRST!, Title: “U.S. Paper Companies Conspire to Squash Zapatistas,” Date: Summer 1997, Author: Viviana, National Commission for Democracy in Mexico SSU Censored Researchers: Katie Sims and Angie Yee SSU Faculty Evaluator: Ray Castro, Ph.D. The passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has ushered in an era of unprecedented military and [...]