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.
Read
Follow:
-
Greenpeace Launches Whistleblower Site for Oil Workers
The group launched The Arctic Truth to attract whistleblowers from oil companies to reveal risks associated with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic.
-
Remake the Fed, Build Public Banks — and Opt Out of Wall Street
Should the Federal Reserve remain in private hands?
-
San Francisco: "I Don’t Think You Can Survive in This City on Minimum Wage"
At the Bay Area's largest soup kitchen, working adults say full-time work no longer pays the rent.
-
The Billionaire Blue Brothers Behind America's Predator Drones
Dispatch from an abandoned WWII-era airfield that is now possibly the largest private drone base in the United States.
-
In Oklahoma, Blockader Encases Arm In Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction
A member of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance shut down pipeline construction Thursday morning with a daring act of civil disobedience.
-
Why It's Time to Turn to Public Banking
With public banking, we will lend locally, refrain from risky speculation and return millions of dollars per year to states’ and municipalities’ general funds.
-
Bank Zombie Titles Are Soaring, Hurting Communities and Borrowers
The perverse phenomenon known as “zombie title" — where servicers initiate a foreclosure, evict the borrowers, but then fail to take title to the house — is an abuse that is skyrocketing.
-
Nationwide Ag-Gag Laws: Stripping our First Amendment
Ag-gag bills nationwide threaten to quash free speech by banning journalists, whistleblowers, workers and other citizens from exposing illegal and abusive treatment of animals at factory feeding operations owned by huge corporations.
-
What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?
Authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded.
-
Nestle's CEO Says Water Is Not a Human Right
Raking in $35 billion in annual profits from water bottle sales alone is not enough for Nestle—its Chairman wants corporations to own every last drop of water on the planet.
