The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Why NYU Grad Students Fought to Unionize — And What Their Victory Means
A decisive victory gives the union a strong mandate entering contract negotiations over pay, health care costs and job stability.
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Italian Protester Charged With Sexual Assault For Kissing Riot Police
Nina De Chiffre kissed an Italian police officer last month during a protest of a high speed rail line in Turin. It was, according to the police officer, sexual assault.
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How the Federal Reserve and Bank of England Are Fueling Massive Global Inequality
That the U.S. and U.K.'s central banks are encouraging food speculation — and are thus responsible for its disastrous results — shows clearly how both countries' monetary policies are engineered to work against the interests of the majority.
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Brazil's Terminator Seed Bill Threatens to Upend Global Agriculture Safety
In a move that could threaten the 13-year global moratorium on terminator seeds, Brazilian lawmakers are now attempting to push through legislation that defies a UN agreement dating back to the 2000 Convention on Biological Diversity.
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An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: "A Genius Among Geniuses"
A new portrait emerges of Snowden as a principled and ultra-competent, if somewhat eccentric employee at the NSA Hawaii Kunia facility, and one who earned the access used to pull off his leak by impressing superiors with sheer talent.
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McKibben: Obama, Climate Change and the Real Story of this Presidency
When the world looks back at the Obama years half a century from now, one doubts they'll remember the health care website; one imagines they'll study how the most powerful government on Earth reacted to the sudden, clear onset of climate change.
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Uruguay's Guerrilla-Turned-President José Mujica: No Palace, No Motorcade, No Frills
In the week that Uruguay legalized marijuana, the country's 78-year-old president and former guerrilla leader — who was shot by police six times and spent 14 years in a military prison — explained why he rejects the "world's poorest president" label.
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Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty, Financial Crisis Kingpins
"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that," wrote Lawrence Summers while serving as Chief Economist at the World Bank. He is now in the G30.
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With California's Minimum Wage Set to Rise, Business Owners Still Peddling Fear
Labor unions lobbied heavily for the bill that passed the state legislature in September, raising California's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016, as business groups and restaurant owners continue to oppose the increase they say will mean layoffs.
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Why Boulder Voted to Abandon Xcel Energy In Favor of City-Owned Power Utility
Moving utilities from corporate to public control puts energy, dollars and decisions into the hands of local communities. More than 1,000 municipal utilities already function in the U.S. serving 50 million customers, a population greater than Spain's.
