BART Strike Gets Called Off, But Worker Concerns Are Growing

Transit workers and BART management stand tens of millions of dollars apart on a number of vital issues including pay, pension and health care. Though the governor halted the strike this week, future prospects for agreement look grim.

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Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington

The original Glass Steagall created two distinct types of banks: standard commercial banks where people held checking and savings accounts, and investment banks that were free to engage in whatever risky behavior they liked.

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In Era of City Bankruptcies, It's Time to Expand Federal Pension Benefit Guarantys

What happens to a municipal worker's pension when a city goes bankrupt? Unlike banks, they won't get bailed out.

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Dozens Killed in Egypt As Military Raids Pro-Morsi Sit-Ins

At least 36 people on Wednesday morning were reportedly killed — and perhaps dozens more — as military forces launched a long-threatened operation to remove two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo.

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From Mob Assaults to Murder, Egypt’s Battle with Sexual Violence Enters New Phase

More than 99% of Egyptian women experience sexual harassment, according to a recent UN report, and sexual violence against women is only beginning to gain recognition in the aftermath of the country's revolution.

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Exposed: IRS Is Colluding With Banks To Unfairly Target U.S. Citizens Abroad

BERLIN—Until she divulged her husband’s financial records to the IRS three years ago, Genette Eysselinck was a proud American, born on an Army base in North Carolina, and living in a small city in southern France.

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California Lawmakers Demand Federal Investigation of Offshore Fracking

With fracking off the California coast elevated as a major regional issue, lawmakers are demanding to know why the federal government is approving such operations without following legally required environmental reviews.

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Protesters at State Department Mount Latest Challenge to Keystone XL Pipeline

200 people attended Monday's demonstration outside the U.S. State Department, and 60 risked arrest, as pressure builds against the government to cancel the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

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Judge Rules New York's Stop-and-Frisk Policy Is Unconstitutional

A New York judge ruled Monday that stop-and-frisk searches by city police are unconstitutional, and ordered that a federal monitor oversee their reform — infuriating Mayor Michael Bloomberg and police commissioner Ray Kelly.

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Memo from Oslo: If Peace Is Prized, a Nobel for Bradley Manning

Opening heart and mind to moral responsibility, Bradley Manning lifted a shroud and illuminated terrible actions of America's warfare state.

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