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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The Great European Fire Sale
An economic crisis that many proclaimed as the "death of neoliberalism" has instead been used to entrench neoliberalism.
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Ten Years Ago and Today: A Warfare State of Mind
A decade after the invasion of Iraq, don’t expect the vast numbers of media hotshots and U.S. officials who propelled that catastrophe to utter a word of regret.
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Revealed: "Monsanto Protection Act" Trumps U.S. Government
Monsanto snuck a "rider" last week into the latest Senate agricultural legislation, giving the biotech giant blanket immunity from USDA action to halt potentially harmful GMO crops.
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Naming and Shaming: 10 Worst Forbes Billionaires in 2013
The combined wealth of the world's billionaires this year hit an all-time high of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion in 2012.
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FBI Surveillance Tool is Ruled Unconstitutional
A California federal court has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional.
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The Great Garbage Patch of the Pacific
When you can scoop up in our oceans more plastic than biomass, it's time to recognize that we may have a problem.
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Brooklyn Rises Up in Protest of Police Shooting
East Flatbush rises up after an unarmed 16-year-old is shot seven times by police.
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In Zurich, and Across Europe, Squatter Communities Are Strengthening
Last weekend, 4,000 supporters of Binz, Zurich’s longest-established squat, were met with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons when a party turned into a march to protest their imminent eviction.
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Strike Debt Abolishes $1 million in Emergency Room Debt
Strike Debt bought and abolished over $1 million in debt from emergency rooms in Kentucky and Indiana.
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When Our "Government of Laws" Is Above the Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws.