In a political earthquake last year, the populist and racist Reform Party took 4.1 million votes, coming third, against a backdrop of collapsing living standards and accelerating impoverishment.
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Anti-Homeless Spikes Stir Outcry In London
More than 600 people quickly signed up on Facebook to attend a protest while a petition on Charge.org calling to end the anti-homeless spikes attracted over 113,000 signatures in a matter of days.
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New Economy Solutions: Convert Your Business Into A Worker-Owned Cooperative
For retiring business owners as well as entrepreneurs, selling a business to employees is a way to strengthen the business while getting a return on investment.
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Revealed: Under Christie, New Jersey Granted $1.25 Billion to Firms That Backed Republicans
Of the 30 biggest corporate subsidies awarded by the state since Gov. Christie appointed his ally to head the state’s “bank for business,” 21 went to ventures which made hefty Republican donations.
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Unstoppable: America's Growing Food Safety Movement
Despite the overwhelming popularity of labeling, Congress refused to act – so citizens took up the cause in their own states.
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Exclusive: Up Close With the Hunger-Striking Refugees In France
Any of the 15 South Sudanese refugees I meet may die this night attempting to stowaway in a vehicle and cross the English Channel from the French port city of Calais.
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They Can't Represent Us: Why The Mask of Democracy Is Falling
A timely new book recounts stories of ordinary citizens around the world, providing unique insight into the massive, democratic mutiny that is brewing.
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Supreme Court Endorses Cellphone Privacy Rights In Landmark Ruling
All nine justices joined the Wednesday ruling in asserting that police must obtain a warrant to search the contents of cellphones seized from people they have arrested.
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Billionaires Behind Closed Doors: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Summit
The explicit goal of this covert gathering was to raise $500 million for Republicans to take the Senate in 2014 and another $500 million to make sure Hillary Clinton is never president.
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As Banks Shut Branches Across the South, Poor Communities Suffer Most
Between 2008 and May 2013, more than 1,800 bank branches shut down nationwide, 93 percent of them in low-income neighborhoods.
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Detroit Water Crisis Escalates, and UN Declares Violation of Human Rights
Demanding that Detroit restore water to all residents and end the shutoffs, the People’s Water Board has called water a human right and a part of the commons – "held in the public trust free of privatization."
