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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Five Strategies to Build a Clean-Tech Nation
Now that the election is over, here are five things that can supercharge America's clean-tech economy -- from opening up Master Limited Partnerships with renewable energy firms to rebuilding the electric grid and establishing a national RPS.
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Book Review: "Plutocrats" Examines Rise of the Super Rich
Chrystia Freeland's new book, "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else," explores a new breed of global billionaires.
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Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies Fund Overfishing of the Planet
Calls are mounting for the world’s big fishing powers to stop subsidizing international fleets to the tune of $27 billion a year.
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Germany Deals Blow to WikiLeaks, Stripping Its "Lifeblood" Supporter of Tax Exempt Status
Authorities in the city-state of Hamburg have revoked the tax-exempt status of WikiLeaks' main financial supporter in Germany, escalating the "financial blockade" to cripple the website that exposes global secrets.
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Thinking Before Doing: In Defense of the Armchair Activist
Occupy Wall Street is not something you support, it’s something you do. But we are missing the obligatory framework that sustains the opposition between supporting something and doing something.
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Allied with Occupy, Disabled Victims of Sandy Persevere
FEMA, the National Guard and Red Cross were either unwilling or unable to actually go into Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn following Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath, so Occupy stepped up.
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Got Election Protection? An Agenda for America's Voting Future
A mass grassroots election protection movement has been born. From overturning Citizens United to abolishing the Electoral College, guaranteeing the Right to Vote and re-establishing paper ballots, we have lots of work ahead.
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British Water Companies Are the Latest Tax Dodgers
Three of Britain's biggest water companies paid little or no tax on their profits last year while generously rewarding their executives and investors.
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U.K. Lawmakers to Question Execs in Tax Dodging Probe
U.K. lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales.
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Post-Election, Beware the Revolving Door
There is legalized bribery, and then there's the way that dark money really works.
