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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Understanding What Government Does for You and Me
There is a broad lack of understanding about the role government plays in our everyday lives. Why is that?
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Portland to Protest Austerity
Community groups, Occupy Portland and unions including SEIU, CWA and Letter Carriers will march on Oregon's largest city Nov. 3 as they take aim at proposed government austerity cuts, and demand larger taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
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America Can Learn From France's Fallen Democracy
William Shirer's account of France's efforts to put its finances in order after the enormous expenditures of WWI bears an eerie resemblance to the current farce in Washington.
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Amidst Greek Crisis, Censorship of Journalists
A reporter goes on trial for releasing a list of 2,000 wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts who may face investigation for tax evasion.
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An Exit Strategy from Two-Party Rule
The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is a battle between the corporate state and us.
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Greed is Destroying the World
The refusal to do anything about climate change, the attempts by the .01% to destroy our democracy, the constant robbing of the poor, the resultant starving children, the war against most of what is beautiful on this Earth: You can blame it all on greed.
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We Are the United States of Big Oil
The world's five biggest oil companies made over $60 billion in the first half of this year, and hundreds of millions of that goes right back into undermining clean energy investment.
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Another Way Student Loans Are Like Mortgages: Subpar Servicing
Companies handling loan payments for mortgages and student debt have overcharged, misapplied payments, misguided consumers and reported false information to credit bureaus.
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Bank of England Admits Occupy Was Right About Recession
A Bank of England official Andrew Haldane said protesters were correct to focus on inequality as the chief reason for the 2008 economic crash.
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Snakes and Laddering: The Bear Stearns Debacle
The New York Attorney General accused Bear Stearns of "fraudulent and deceptive acts" but made no mention of criminal charges and named no individuals. Like the dotcom crash that was really a Wall Street heist, it's time for us to follow the small print.
