The World Could See Its First Trillionaire in 25 Years

The world's first trillionaire could emerge within 25 years, forecasters claim, with Bill Gates widely seen as the frontrunner.

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Exposed: Shale Oil in North Dakota Train Explosion Had High Levels of Volatile Chemicals

Oil obtained via fracking in the Bakken Shale may be more chemically explosive than the agency or industry previously admitted publicly.

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Money in Politics: Six of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons

Charles and David Koch, of Koch Industries, have poured some of their combined $72 billion into conservative politicians while the Walton family, owners of Walmart, exercise a subtler but equally corrosive influence on our national politics.

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Economic Growth and Low Carbon Future Will Co-Exist

A report found that the key to reducing CO2 emissions while furthering growth is to harness technologies that radically decarbonize the energy sector.

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Which Companies Are Disclosing More Political Spending?

In an age of hidden election cash, the nation’s wealthiest public companies are increasingly revealing their campaign-related contributions and political policies — and doing so voluntarily.

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Armageddon On Wall Street: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives

The shadow banking system is propped up by a hidden government guarantee known as safe harbor status, pushed through by Wall Street, which has created perverse incentives for the financial system to self-destruct.

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The Waltons of Walmart: The Greediest Family in the World

Four members of the Walton family, heirs to Sam Walton's Walmart fortune, are collectively worth more than $100 billion—more wealth than the entire bottom 40% of Americans—and they're hanging on to every penny.

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Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market Economy

We've reached a tipping point in awareness of the effects of the current global economy that has erupted in a worldwide revolt as we can see in the Occupy, Arab Spring, Idle No More and Indignado movements.

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The Very Rich and the Rest of Us: Setting the Stage for Class War

If the 1% had taken the same percentage of U.S. income in 2006 as they did in 1980, they'd have sucked $1 trillion less out of the economy. Instead they tripled their share of post-tax income and captured ALL income gains in 2 years of recovery.

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Federal Government Sues Bank of America Over $850 Million Investor Fraud

The U.S. is suing the Bank of America for investor fraud over the sale of $850 million worth of residential mortgage-backed securities.

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