If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Profits or People: West Virginia's Chemical Spill and the Wakeup Call to America
From the explosion at the un-inspected fertilizer plant in West, Tex., which killed 15 people in April, to the mislabeled oil train that derailed and killed 47 in Quebec in July, industrial accidents due to lack of government oversight need to stop.
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Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous
The Post is supposed to expose CIA secrets. But Amazon – owned by Jeff Bezos, who is also the new owner of the Post – is under contract to keep them due to its new $600 million “cloud” computing deal with the CIA.
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Making the Case for Doubling the Corporate Income Tax
U.S. corporations need to pay for the many years of employee productivity and public research that built their trillion-dollar industries.
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Congress, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Why "Fast Track" Means Less Democracy
By granting so-called “fast-track authority” to the White House on the TPP, Congress opts itself out of the process at the critical stage.
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Jason Kirkpatrick Film "Spied Upon" Digs Into World of FBI Informants
The information exposed through FBI spy informant Mark Kennedy allowed us to see more clearly the links between private corporations and security firms.
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What U.S. Revolutionary Past Reveals About Richmond Battle For Eminent Domain
Mortgage relief schemes played an important role in our nation’s history as states passed laws to help debtors. Still, foreclosures became increasingly common, and a mini-revolution erupted when angry farmers organized themselves.
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Harvard's Lawrence Lessig Embarks on 185-Mile Trek to Battle Money in Politics
Dubbing his march "the New Hampshire rebellion," Lessig set out January 11 – the first anniversary of the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz – for a 2-week walk to highlight the role of corporate money in elections.
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Besides West Virginia, Oil and Gas Drilling Links to Water Pollution in 3 States
Pennsylvania has confirmed at least 106 water-well contamination cases from its more than 5,000 new fracking wells. Texas registered more than 2,000 contamination complaints, while 122 were filed in West Virginia and 190 in Ohio.
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Marking the 12th Anniversary of America's Guantánamo Prison Disgrace
Though it's been over a decade since 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whose trial has not yet started, is being tried in a military commission system that has produced eight convictions out of the nearly 800 men in Gitmo.
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Terror Charges Faced By Oklahoma Fossil Fuel Protesters "Outrageous"
The terror charges facing two environmental protesters who unfurled a banner and dropped glitter at an oil and gas company's office in Oklahoma are outrageous and egregious, their lawyer says.
