The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Manning Conviction Under Espionage Act Is Blatant Threat to Civil Liberties
Tuesday's verdict convicting Bradley Manning on 20 counts represents the first time under the Obama administration that any leaker of official secrets has been convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act.
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How Students Are Sparking a Direct Democracy Movement in Slovenia
A Slovenian student movement plans to initiate direct digital democracy to advocate for worker-owned means of production, participatory budgeting and greater government transparency.
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Appeals Court Rules Government Can Track Cellphones Without Warrants
A federal appeals court ruled that the government does not need a probable-cause warrant to access mobile-phone subscribers’ cell-site information.
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Green Light for City-Owned San Francisco Bank
Do taxpayers want to have their public money in a bank that has been proven to be defrauding them? San Francisco may be leading the way toward creating a municipal bank that is in the public's interest.
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The Business of Mass Incarceration
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jails and prisons, however, they each can generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.
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Exposed: EPA Censored Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study
The Obama administration put the kibosh on a key EPA study of groundwater contamination from fracking.
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Global Power Project, Part 8: Banking on Influence with Wells Fargo
As the world's largest bank, Wells Fargo is able to commit countless crimes -- fraud, illegal foreclosures, money laundering, you name it -- and continues to get away with them by paying relatively small fines.
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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
JPMorgan Chase's criminal, "systemic cover-up" in its manipulation of energy markets reveals a sea change, as banks have gone from simply financing the dirty energy sector to becoming producers and distributors in those markets.
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Edward Snowden Is Not the Story — the Fate of the Internet Is
The mainstream media's focus on Edward Snowden has trumped the real story — which is what the NSA revelations tell us about how our networked world actually works and the direction in which it is heading.
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Fast Food Workers Nationwide Walk Out in Organized Strike Against Low Wages
The New York City-based Fast Food Forward campaign has spread across the country as workers unite to demand a $15 minimum wage.
