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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Welcome to Orwell's New York City
A new high-tech surveillance computer network, developed with Microsoft, will make New York an even more invasive police state than it already was -- akin to "one-stop shopping for investigators."
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Credit Card Companies: The New Robo-Signers
American Express, Citigroup and Discover Financial are among the giant lenders now engaging in fraudulent debt collection practices that mirror the illegal foreclosure process.
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BREAKING: Pipeline Construction Begins, with Protests, in Texas
Blockaders braved a wall of bulldozers early Thursday morning and unfurled banners that warned TransCanada to expect resistance the size of Texas if the company proceeds with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state.
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The Police State on Trial
"We are fighting for due process and for the first amendment," says one plaintiff battling the National Defense Authorization Act, "for a country we still believe in and for a government still legally bound by its constitution."
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Drilling Through Lies
A new report reveals that ten of the world's largest oil and gas companies failed to report risks associated with deepwater drilling. Now, some banks are refusing to finance new, risky drilling operations in the Arctic.
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Showdown Brewing Against Fracking Pipeline in NYC
There’s a showdown out by the West Side Highway in Manhattan, that is, where Texas-based Spectra Energy Corp. has its finger on the trigger of a whole lot of hydraulically fracked natural gas that it’s just itching to pump into New York City.
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Coal Blockades Begin in Montana
Activists are taking on Big Coal in the heart of Big Sky country, where protests are underway to block new mining developments and halt coal transports west out of the Powder River Basin.
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Is Citi Engaging in Criminal Abuses of Servicemen Student Loans?
Mortgage services were found to be failing to reduce interest charges to 6% and foreclosing on military personnel who were deployed.
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In Today's America, You Die Poor
A new study shows that almost half of Americans die owning next to nothing, one-fifth die with absolutely nothing, and poor Americans are dying younger because they can't pay for medical treatment.
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Wichitans Take a Stand Against Police Shootings
Police brutality and arbitrary killings of civilians has spun out of control in Wichita, Kansas, where members of Occupy Wichita protested on Friday to demand justice for the victims.
