The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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“New Model Cities” In Honduras Would Hand All Power to Corporations
So-called Special Economic Development Zones will not only be economically independent, but they'll be exclusively governed by corporations, both local and international, which will create and enforce their own laws.
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Thousands of Californians March In Largest Ever Anti-Frack Protest, Calling For Statewide Ban
Californians marched Saturday through downtown Oakland calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to fulfill his promise as a climate leader by enacting an all-out ban on fracking in the state.
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"A Line in the Sand" in Fight to Release Thousands of Photos of Prisoner Abuse
A federal judge is demanding that the government explain, photo-by-photo, why it can’t release hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of pictures showing detainee abuse by U.S. forces at military prison sites in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Kirchner Cover-Up: Dead Prosecutor Drafted Arrest Warrant for Argentine President
On Jan. 14, Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman filed a 289-page criminal complaint accusing President Kirchner and others of covering up Iran’s involvement in the 1994 bombing. Five days later, he was killed.
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Net Neutrality Victory: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Declares "The Internet Must Be Fast, Fair and Open"
After facing a deluge of 4 million public comments, Wheeler announces "the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC... assuring the rights of internet users to go where they want, when they want."
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Berea Is Burning: Fracking, Fires and the Grassroots Action That's Inflamed Kentucky
Energy companies are quietly scrambling to lease mineral rights from eastern Kentuckian landowners, but this time they’re not after coal – and an activist community is rising to challenge corporate interests.
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In Absence of Accountability, General Motors Kills Hundreds of People for Profit
Unless we end the corporate rule over our government, executives at General Motors will continue to get away with negligent murder.
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The Super-Rich Can’t Hide From the Rest of Us
With growing inequality and the civil unrest from Ferguson and the Occupy protests fresh in people’s mind, the world’s super rich are already preparing for the consequences.
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Don't Trade Away Our Health for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
If big pharmaceutical companies hold sway, the TPP could block cheaper generic drugs from the market – causing big Pharma’s profits to rise at the expense of the health of patients and the budgets of consumers and governments.
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From #TakeTheSquare To São Paulo’s #FreeYourPark: The Commons Are Coming
There was a time when the occupied square was the world – and the Augusta Park actions now happening in São Paulo, Brazil - open a new phase based on a vision of the commons.
