If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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How Real Journalism Brought Real Justice to West Virginia
Because an anti-environmental platform is a prerequisite to win office in West Virginia, coal-related spills and other disasters are often overlooked by government officials who want to be re-elected.
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Seattle City Council is Considering Another Groundbreaking Idea: A Public Bank
This city's government knows that the antecedents of democracy are material – the ability to provide services, the ability to absorb the impact of economic shifts, the ability to make citizens feel invested in their communities.
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The Year in Inequality: Racial Disparity Can No Longer Be Ignored
There’s no way policymakers can adequately address inequality in the United States overall without recognizing the effects of the racial wealth gap.
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The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of The Country
There seems to be a method to the madness of winner-take-all capitalism.
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The Coin of the Realm: How Inside Traders Are Rigging America
Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers took home, on average, almost $1 billion each – and even run-of-the-mill portfolio managers at large hedge funds averaged $2.2 million each.
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Independent Or Not, Scotland Is Building A Media For the 99%
New Scottish media platforms are thriving as the region's eclectic, creative, evolving, non-corporate and critical news landscape looks to grow even further into a media challenging the status qu
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"Corporations Are Not People": A Lawyer's Book About Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
After Citizens United, says Jeff Clements, “I felt that I couldn't just leave it at that, that democracy is really on the line, that the country is on the line – I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that humanity is on the line.”
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New York Bans Fracking In Landmark Decision
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet agreed Wednesday to prohibit the widely used gas-drilling technique in the state, citing health issues and dubious economic benefits.
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The U.S. and Cuba are Now on Equal Terms for the First Time in Generations
For most of the half-century since the U.S. broke off diplomatic relations, Washington fought a war of economic attrition that affected millions.
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Struggling Homeowners: Where's P.E.T.E. When We Need Him?
Struggling homeowners are in desperate need of some new rules for the mortgage modification “Three Card Monty” shuffle.
