It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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UN Panel Calls On U.K. and Sweden to End Julian Assange's "Deprivation of Liberty"
The WikiLeaks founder has been arbitrarily detained by the U.K. and Sweden for more than five years and should be released immediately with compensation, according to a Geneva-based UN working group on arbitrary detention.
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Environmentalists and Indigenous People Flex New Muscle In Canada's Resource Wars
A major obstacle facing new oil transport projects is the strong resistance from Canada’s indigenous First Nations, who own or claim much of the land that the proposed pipelines would cross.
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Inequality Against Democracy: 10 Facts About the 1 Percent
Economic inequality inspired Occupy Wall Street, which transformed our political discourse with the concept of the “1 percent” and the “99 percent,” and today the presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders is altering the political landscape.
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Our Jobs Are Disappearing
We need a guaranteed income to ensure that the benefits of 60 years of U.S. prosperity go to all Americans – not just to the few who know how to redistribute the nation’s wealth.
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What Role Were You Born To Play In Social Change?
Moyer, who became best known for identifying eight stages of successful social movements, called the Movement Action Plan, envisioned a proliferation of groups each maximizing their strength while supporting a broad movement unity.
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The Road From Paris: How to Finance a Trillion-Dollar Climate Change Transition
Changing the way the world is powered means big spending – and huge investment opportunities – with energy finance models suggesting clean power investments need to rise by an additional 75 percent, to $12.1 trillion, in the next 25 years.
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Money Managers for Mankind? China in the Age of Global Governance, Part III
If war and hostilities between the great powers are to be avoided, the future of global capitalism may well rely on a combination of Western markets and institutions backed up by totalitarian institutions like the regime in Beijing.
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Latino Lives Matter: Stop Ignoring the Police Killings of Latinos In America
Few police shootings of Latinos make national headlines – a lack of attention and outrage that stems from a poor understanding of the history of state violence against them in the U.S.
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Why Britain’s Housing Crisis Heralds the Next Financial Crash
Housing prices in London have risen by 50% in the last five years – and when the UK property bubble goes boom, it will be proportionally bigger than the U.S. housing bust at the onset of the financial crisis in 2007.
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T.T.I.P. Off: German Judges Issue Slap In the Face to Transatlantic Corporate Trade Deal
The German Magistrates Association (DRB) last week dealt a major blow to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, as judges said special courts allowing firms to sue countries were unnecessary and "had no legal basis."
