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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Occupy the Cinema: With The Birth of A Nation, Nat Turner Lives!
Nate Parker's new film isn’t just a trip through history, but a reminder of now – if "12 Years A Slave" was a humanist drama and "Selma" was stoic strength, "Birth of a Nation" is a garbage can flying through a pizzeria window.
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Standing Firm at Standing Rock: Why the Struggle is Bigger Than One Pipeline
For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is about reviving a way of life.
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Britain Emotional After Jeremy Corbyn Wins Vote to Retain Labour Party Leadership
But fears abound that the battle between the leftist Corbyn and his detractors may cause Labour to split into two parties.
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Here's How Corporations Rig the Rules to Dodge Paying $700 Billion In Taxes
Multinational corporations pay taxes on between just 3.0 and 6.6 percent of the profits they book in tax havens.
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New IRS Rules on Partisan Political Activity Make Nobody Happy
After Sept. 30, political and civic activists of all ideologies may need to reassess their action plans, as the IRS substantially revises regulations governing the tax-exempt status of political speech by 501(c)(4) organizations.
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California Suspends "Business Relationships" With Wells Fargo
California, the nation’s largest issuer of municipal bonds, is barring Wells from underwriting state debt and handling its banking transactions after the company admitted to opening millions of bogus customer accounts.
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EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
Environmentalists are warning the agency that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into the Gulf is in violation of federal law.
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Recalculating the Climate Math
The numbers on global warming are even scarier than we thought.
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Worries Grow As British Government Vows To Scrap Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act will be replaced with a so-called British Bill of Rights, a controversial manifesto that was written under the former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s government.
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Scottish Independence Moves Closer As Momentum Swings Against UK
In light of the Brexit chaos, the broken promises and democratic deficit, it would be easy to think independence is certain – and judging by the movement's energy in Scotland, 2018 could be the year.
