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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A Bus Tour Pushes For Higher Taxes on the Rich
Activists have convened a nationwide “Tax the Rich” bus tour to remind the country that the fight for fair taxation is far from over.
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Why is Monsanto Losing Lawsuits Over Roundup?
In the past year alone, three highly publicized lawsuits have resulted in courtroom losses for Monsanto surrounding its widely used pesticide Roundup, which contains cancer-causing glyphosate.
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Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent
A major anti-government march in Hong Kong descended into chaos late on Sunday, as police fired teargas on protesters and unidentified masked men attacked commuters returning from the demonstration.
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The ‘Summer Uprising’ and the Meteoric Rise of Extinction Rebellion
Hailed as heroes by those with an environmental conscience, the protestors are succeeding in driving climate change to the forefront of public awareness and piercing the bubble of denial.
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Return of the Poll Tax
Florida's anti-democratic poll tax will cost the state hundreds of thousands of voters — and hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Congress to Vote This Week on Doubling the Minimum Wage
This is the longest period the minimum wage has gone without an increase since it was enacted in the 1930s.
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Hong Kong Protests Expand in Geography and Goals
Thousands of people marched Sunday in a populous Hong Kong suburb, calling not just for the complete withdrawal of a bill allowing extradition to China but also the right to vote for their leaders.
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'Protesters as terrorists': growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime
Conservative lawmakers have put forward laws criminalizing protests that disrupt the construction and operation of pipelines in at least 18 states since 2017.
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Rebel Cities 26: These Community Wind Farms In Denmark and Scotland Are Decentralising Power to the People
Denmark and Scotland are seeing tremendous economic success in community-owned wind farms. But green municipalism doesn't need to be restricted to the wind-battered Nordic coastal fringes.
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Wall Street Beware: The Public Banking Movement Is Coming for You
The renewed interest in public banking really took off right after the financial collapse in 2008 as people began exploring the option of moving their money into alternative banking institutions
