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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Why Organized Labor Must Stand Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
Union leaders who support the XL Pipeline are acting against their membership's long-term interests in countering climate change, and putting themselves at odds with popular consciousness and scientific consensus.
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More Than 50 Countries Helped the CIA Outsource Torture
The CIA ran a worldwide program to hold and interrogate suspected members of al-Qaida, with dozens of partner nations helping in ways large and small. But it was never clear just which nations collaborated, and in what ways - until now.
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Restored Payroll Tax Pinches Those Who Earn the Least
While the super wealthy ship their fortunes to Grand Cayman, those on the lower rung suffer higher taxes.
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Keep The Tip: How a Note Left on a Receipt Got an Applebee's Waitress Fired
I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I was a waitress at Applebee's restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill after he refused to leave a tip.
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Government Report: U.S. Firm Stashing Tens of Billions in Tax Havens
The research arm of Congress is warning that U.S. corporations’ use of tax havens has risen substantially in recent years, with companies offering massively inflated profit reports from small countries with loose tax regulations.
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Five Strategies for the Next Great Progressive Push
We must move beyond tired ideas of "state capitalism" vs. "state socialism."
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"The Gürtel Affair": Spain's All-Consuming Corruption Scandal
New revelations about the corruption scandal that is rocking Spanish politics has conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on the rails.
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Talkin' About a Redistribution: Extreme Wealth vs. Global Sharing
Last year alone, the world's 100 richest people earned a combined additional income of $241 billion. Redistributing just a quarter of this vast quantity of money would enable governments to wipe out extreme poverty for an entire year.
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Government Uses the Same Argument to Justify the Targeted Killing of Americans and Indefinite Detention
On Tuesday, Michael Isikoff of NBC News published a 16-page white paper that outlines the government's secret justification for the extrajudicial killing of an American believed to be affiliated with a terrorist organization.
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For Just Over $600 Million, R.B.S. Settles Case on Rigging
A campaign to root out financial fraud scored a victory as authorities took aim at the Royal Bank of Scotland for its role in the LIBOR interest rate manipulation scheme.
