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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Dakota Access Pipeline: Native American Protesters Attacked with Pepper Spray, Guard Dogs
During Saturday's protest at the site of a multi-million dollar oil pipeline in North Dakota, at least six people, including a child, received bites from guard dogs belonging to a private security company.
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Umbrella Movement Victory: Pro-Independence Candidates Win Seats in Hong Kong Election
In a result likely to shake up Hong Kong politics and strain relations with China, a new generation of young pro-independence candidates from the Occupy Central "Umbrella movement" won five seats.
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Overwhelming Evidence that a Guaranteed Income Will Work
We’re fooling ourselves by believing in a future with satisfying middle-class jobs for millions of Americans. It’s becoming clear that income should be guaranteed so that people can find productive ways to serve society.
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An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To "Debtors’ Prison" Over A Few Bounced Checks
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
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Campus Chill: How Freezing Tuition Became the Latest Move in the Austerity Playbook
At first glance, the appeal of a tuition freeze is obvious: the bills directly benefit students and can be written, passed and enforced in just months. But not everyone is on board, for good reasons.
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Black Lives Matter Shifts Police Brutality Focus to Britain
“It's very difficult to live in Britain as a black person."
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Argentine General and 28 Others Sentenced to Life for Crimes Against Humanity
Thousands gathered outside a federal court in Cordoba to hear the historic sentencing for crimes committed at secret Dirty War-era detention centers, marking a landmark step in the struggle for justice in Argentina.
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Apple's tax bill is going to start getting bigger
For decades, the tech giant has set up corporate structures overseas where it can get away with paying less tax than it would if it was in its home country.
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California's $15 Minimum Wage Earthquake
Workers, more than half of them women and Latinos, will receive on average one quarter more in wages, or about $3,700 per year adjusted for inflation.
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For Economic Justice, Is It Time for Time Exchange?
Our Village Life’s exchange system lets people purchase and trade goods and services for time as well as money.
