The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
Read
Follow:
-
Overdrawn and Overworked: How Banks Are (Still) Screwing Consumers With Overdraft Fees
Overdraft fees are similar to payday loans and they perform like credit cards, but worse. So why hasn't the government cracked down on bank fee manipulation to save consumers from these predatory activities?
-
Why Is the Media Ignoring High School Activism?
America may be facing a wave of student protest to a degree not seen since the 1960s – but while the media focuses on college campuses, very few journalists are acknowledging the activism that has been occurring at the high school level.
-
The Illusion of Freedom: Ready for a New Political Radicalism
We are being assaulted by political campaigning that resembles the constant crusading by fascists and communists in past totalitarian societies.
-
Why We Need Debtors’ Unions, Part II
Debt fuels crises, taking power out of the hands of all but the financial capitalist class – yet it also presents an opportunity for a new form of resistance to capitalist exploitation, as the threat of crisis can serve as leverage for debtors.
-
15 Indigenous Rights Victories That You Didn't Hear About In 2015
From Guatemala to East Africa, from Alaska to the Andes, indigenous peoples rose up last year to reclaim their rights, lands and sovereignty.
-
A Crisis Worse than ISIS? Let the Bail-Ins Begin
This is what is predicted for 2016: the public's massive sacrifice of savings and jobs to prop up a “systemically risky” global banking scheme.
-
Why We Need Debtors’ Unions, Part I
Aiming to build collective power in an age of financial absolutism, the Debt Collective is piloting a new kind of organization: the debtors’ union.
-
Exxon's Oil Industry Peers Knew About Climate Dangers in the 1970s, Too
Members of an American Petroleum Institute task force on CO2 included scientists from nearly every major oil company, including Exxon, Texaco and Shell.
-
Global Warming-Induced Floods Hammer Britain As Tories Approve New Fracking Law
Legislation signed in mid-December enables frackers to drill beneath World Heritage Sites, Groundwater Protection Zones, and national parks across Britain.
-
The Companies That Screwed Us: Corporate Rap Sheet for 2015
The ongoing corporate crime wave showed no signs of abating this year – in industries ranging from auto to oil to bank to food to defense.
