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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Venture Capitalist Compares 'War On 1 Percent' To Nazi Anti-Semitism
Yes, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of the novel, "Sex and the Single Zillionaire"—who is worth $8 billion—really said that.
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Poll: Majority Believe Income Gap Grew in a Decade, Want to Tax the Rich
A Pew poll shows two-thirds of Americans think the income gap between rich and poor in the U.S. has grown over the past decade, and most favor a tax increase on the nation’s wealthy.
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Mississippi Is 10th State to Consider Legislation to Ban Cooperation with NSA
With the introduction of the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, Mississippi became the tenth state in the country to consider legislation to make life difficult for the NSA’s ongoing mass surveillance programs.
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Ukrainian Journalist: 10 Things The West Needs To Know About The Crisis In Kiev
This article was submitted to Business Insider by Taras Ilkiv, who felt that outsiders needed to comprehend the situation in Kiev.
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As British Public Shuns Fracking, Many See a Turn Toward Tidal Energy
Both the economic and ecological arguments against fracking undermine the government’s goal of igniting a "British Shale Gas revolution" – especially with forecasts projecting tidal energy to become a £6 billion industry that creates 19,000 jobs.
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E.U. Citizens Initiative Launches Water Rights onto European Agenda
Water and who should provide it – the public or private sector – has become the first issue pushed onto Brussels' policy agenda via a new mechanism, the E.U. Citizens' Initiative, meant to involve ordinary people in decision-making.
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Exposed: Leaks Reveal 22,000 Tax Haven Clients in China and Hong Kong
China has emerged as a leading source of new offshore clients.
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Just Don't Talk About Power: Exposing the Davos Class
A new report by the Transnational Institute makes clear that the widening gulf between rich and poor is closely tied to an economic system that favors corporate rights over human rights.
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Pipeline Resistance Movement Sets Sights on TransCanada's Energy East Project
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline was originally celebrated as the project that would connect the East and the West. Then, proponents said it was the project that would allow the Canadian petroleum industry to access new international markets. Next, it was known as the project that would provide oil for Eastern Canadians.
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Crashing the Party at Davos: It's Time to Seize Power on the Mountaintop
Humanity does have a chance at survival: it just lies at much lower altitudes in the social hierarchy than the crowd now patting themselves on the back at the World Economic Form in Davos.
