Europe and Canada Approve CETA Corporate Trade Deal Despite Heavy Opposition

One of the driving arguments for CETA is that it will enable European firms to be more "competitive" in the Canadian market – and if that sounds eerily familiar to the promises made about NAFTA in 1994, it's because it is.

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Pharma Fight in California: The Next Phase in Bernie’s Revolution Has Already Begun

Proposition 61 could be a watershed moment in American health care, reforming drug-purchasing and stopping price-gouging by Big Pharma.

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Occupy the Cinema: "Deepwater Horizon" and the Ruinous Results of Greed

Are you successful enough? Never. It is an epidemic and a vast majority are sick. Not even a massive fire on a ship in the ocean can offer a cure. What, then, will?

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The New Revolving Door: Silicon Valley Cozies Up to Washington, Outspending Wall Street 2-1

Big tech firms spent $49 million on Washington lobbyists last year, while the five largest banks shelled out $19.7 million, marking a sea change in terms of who exercises political influence on the Hill.

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Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University

Why is Harvard's administration asking dining hall workers to pay even more for our health care even though some of us pay as much as $4,000 a year in premiums alone?

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Why Trump's Racism and Misogyny Represent the Global 1%

The international banking industry is racist and sexist – so why should we be surprised if that's also the kind of billionaire who seeks the U.S. presidency.

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650,000 American Children Attend School Within 1 Mile of a Fracking Site

In the nine states examined in a new report, 1,947 child care facilities, 1,376 schools, 236 nursing care providers and 103 hospitals are located within a one-mile radius of fracked wells across the U.S.

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Mortgage Fraud Goes Hollywood: Starring Hell's Cargo, Let the Homeowner Hunger Games Begin!

“We value your time. Please hold. Together we’ll go far.” How ironic. We never imagined they’d actually go this far.

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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time

Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.

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Income Inequality Reaches New High In Germany

The divide between rich and poor in Germany is increasing, with fewer Germans advancing out of poverty compared to 20 years ago.

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