Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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At the Heart of an Occupation: Freedom
At the Heart of An Occupation is photographer Stacy Lanyon’s photo journal of the people who comprise Occupy Wall Street. On July 24, she presented Freedom, in her own words.
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A Candidate Whose Platform is Justice
In a wide-ranging interview, Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson discusses, among other things, why in America "anyone who violates the law should be held accountable, no matter how wealthy, no matter their position of power or former position of power."
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Seven Blockaders Arrested in Livingston Lockdown
Tar Sands Blockade activists halted Keystone XL construction for a full day after locking themselves to a pipeline truck in Livingston, Texas.
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How Wall Street is Burning Democracy
The finance, insurance and real estate industries spend approximately $1,331 a minute on influencing our leaders. See how the worst of the worst stack up.
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Why We Are Unstoppable
As the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street approaches, nonviolence and truth are exposing the destructive nature of the corporate state while nurturing the growth of a mass movement for justice and peace.
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Exclusive: Syrian Exiles in Berlin Unveil Democratic Blueprint
Syrian exiles in Berlin on Tuesday presented a written plan for a post-Assad interim government that emphasizes equality of all citizens, the protection of human rights and a revitalized economy focusing on social justice and development.
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How Privacy Went Extinct
Unless we challenge the idea that we should concede our rights to protect our safety, it'll get even worse.
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Along with the Arctic Ice, the Smugness of the 1% Will Melt
What we are seeing, here and now, is the transformation of the atmospheric physics of this planet. The belief that Europe and America will be hit least by climate change is in ruins -- yet all we do is try to profit from disaster.
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Thousands Flock to Albany to Resist Fracking
Several thousand people flooded New York’s state capital Monday, delivering letters to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office containing pledges to take nonviolent direct action against hydraulic-fracturing, or fracking.
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Review: A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers’ new novel is a parable about the decadence, fragility and heartlessness of late, decayed corporate capitalism.
