We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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The 1% Is Organized and Coming for Its Tax Cuts. Is the Resistance Ready?
New details emerge of Republicans' effort to ensure that their bid to rewrite the tax code doesn't suffer the same fate as healthcare.
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More Evidence That Inequality Is Spiraling Out of Control
Inequality is much worse than we’re led to believe by a dismissive business media. The numbers are hellish, and they’re growing.
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On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
While Europe races toward electric vehicles, U.S. automakers are actually trying to make cars less efficient.
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Protesters Facing Police Presence Blockade Oil Train in Vancouver, Washington
Our community and our planet are under attack, yet the political response has been amoral and inadequate. We were here on the tracks a year after the Mosier oil train derailment and nothing has changed,” said Jessie Braverman, a protester.
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are a Staggering $5 Trillion Per Year
A study was just published in the journal World Development that quantifies the amount of subsidies directed toward fossil fuels globally, and the results are shocking.
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Wells Fargo's Lyin' Cheatin' Ways: Banking with a Sociopathic Institution and How to Let Go
Let's face it: That harmless tall handsome stone wall that promises you the world, smiles at you shamelessly through bulletproof glass and marble floors, black suits and lollipops, is a sociopathic lover out to take all that you hold dear.
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New Documents Show Monsanto Execs Colluding With Corrupt EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data
A new trove of company records released Tuesday provide fresh fuel for a heated debate over whether the agricultural chemical giant suppressed information about the potential dangers of its Roundup herbicide, and relied on regulators for help.
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European Cities Are Reclaiming Public Services From the Private Sector
The U.S. has a lot to learn from people-powered movements.
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London's "Land Banking" Ventures Expose Startling Wealth Inequality
"Numbers of households considered wealthy have shot up and so have households considered poor, leaving a shrinking middle" in London, where those able to buy property assets come almost exclusively from the top 1%.
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Kochs' and Trump Team Up to Cut Billionaires’ Taxes
The Kochs’ much-publicized hostility toward Donald Trump has been replaced by a strategic alliance between the ideologically extreme billionaire brothers and the ideologically fluid but equally self-serving businessman/president.
