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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Congresspeople Who Are Standing Up - And the "Progressives" Who Aren’t
If you don’t see the name of your Congress member on the "Grayson-Takano" list, you live in a House district without a representative standing up for economic decency.
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From Texas to Appalachia, Putting Our Bodies on the Line
Protests against fracking pipelines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are part of a growing movement of direct-action community resistance happening nationwide.
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The Security Surveillance State on the Borderland
Fear, corporate profiteering and government expansion characterize the security surveillance state on the U.S. borderland.
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Tax 'Em! The 16th Amendment Revisited
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 16th Amendment, which grants Congress the right to levy an income tax. By studying the past, might we enlighten the present?
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Greeks Rally Against Canada Gold Mine Project
Protesters in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, say a Canadian gold mining project will cause irreversible environmental damage to the area. Up to 15,000 people took to the streets on Saturday to protest.
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Feds to Publicize Drug Company Payments to Doctors
All of the nation's drug and medical device makers must soon begin publicly reporting payments they make to U.S. physicians.
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Fallout from "Untouchables": Another Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Reamed
Two very interesting and upsetting footnotes to the groundbreaking PBS documentary have emerged in the last weeks.
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Letter from Poland: Smart, Young, Unemployed - and Leaving
Young Polish people see the promise of social mobility through education as a lie, as more than half of them are now living with their parents.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Two Key Activists; New Riots Inflame Egypt
Founding members of the banned Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association were sentenced to 10 years in prison for "sedition" and giving inaccurate information to foreign media.
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Revealed: State Dept's Keystone Assessment Linked to Big Oil
The State Department's environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL pipeline was written by a private consulting firm paid by the pipeline’s owner, Transcanada, with links to ExxonMobil, BP and Koch Industries.
