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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Occupy's Kind Second Act
For its second act, the Occupy Movement has turned its attention to debt abolition and the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
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How Safe Are America's Pipelines?
Over the last few years a series of incidents have brought pipeline safety to national attention. “It's inevitable that as pipelines age, as they are exposed to the elements, eventually they are going to spill.”
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Five Misconceptions About our Tattered Safety Net
More than any other issue over the next four years, we need to address the growing divide in our nation, to tone down our winner-take-all philosophy, to provide job opportunities for people who want to contribute to society.
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Walmart Workers Strike in California
Workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in Southern California went on strike Wednesday to demand better conditions at their facility.
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The One Percent: A Poem
One god, angry, vituperative, vengeful, ready to condemn, stoking Hell’s righteous fires against the chill of wrong belief and the threat of low return on investment.
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How to Build a Grassroots Power Base
If we want to move the country in a progressive direction, the politics of denunciation must work in sync with the politics of organizing—which must include solid electoral work.
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Five Strategies to Build a Clean-Tech Nation
Now that the election is over, here are five things that can supercharge America's clean-tech economy -- from opening up Master Limited Partnerships with renewable energy firms to rebuilding the electric grid and establishing a national RPS.
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Book Review: "Plutocrats" Examines Rise of the Super Rich
Chrystia Freeland's new book, "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else," explores a new breed of global billionaires.
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Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies Fund Overfishing of the Planet
Calls are mounting for the world’s big fishing powers to stop subsidizing international fleets to the tune of $27 billion a year.
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Germany Deals Blow to WikiLeaks, Stripping Its "Lifeblood" Supporter of Tax Exempt Status
Authorities in the city-state of Hamburg have revoked the tax-exempt status of WikiLeaks' main financial supporter in Germany, escalating the "financial blockade" to cripple the website that exposes global secrets.
