The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
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Obama's Plan to Privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority
The TVA has provided public energy service for roughly eight decades, and its prices are lower than those of many private corporations. In other words, it's a "socialist" institution that is immensely popular.
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How Billionaire David Koch Censors PBS
PBS is free to create content that educates, informs and inspires — so long as it does not offend the plutocrats who keep it alive.
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Why Is Our Government Prosecuting Whistleblowers?
Government is supposed to be public and open to inspection by its citizens - and we the citizens have a constitutional right to privacy.
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Mexico vs. Monsanto: A Fight for the Future of Maize
They are going to serve up transgenic maize on every table in spite of the fact that food sovereignty depends on growing native corn.
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In AP Scandal, Mainstream Media Gets a Taste of Government Medicine
Corporate media just got nailed with a crackdown on whistleblowing, the kind activists have experienced in heavy doses. Lo and behold, mainstream journalists don't like what they're being told to swallow.
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Dozens of U.S. Universities Move To Deploy Drones Over Campuses
While drone usage on college campuses has not received much attention, there are at least 25 universities in the U.S. that have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones in U.S. airspace.
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Genetically Modified Justice: Why the Supreme Court Ruled for Monsanto
Farmers must pay Monsanto each time they plant the company’s genetically modified soybeans, the Supreme Court ruled this week, rejecting an Indiana farmer’s argument that his unorthodox techniques did not violate the company’s patent.
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How Big Oil and the GOP Subverted American Democracy
Morally twisted right-wing orthodoxy has taken the “conserve” out of conservatism, as GOP honchos' knee jerk slavishness to petroleum interests have infected America.
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Following Backlash, Tennessee Gov Vetoes Ag-Gag Bill
After thousands of Tennesseans protested the new law, Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities.
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Europe's Other Crisis: The Rise of the "Respectable" Far Right
As much as we need economic alternatives, we also need to confront the racism and xenophobia prevalent across Europe.