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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Europe and Canada Approve CETA Corporate Trade Deal Despite Heavy Opposition
One of the driving arguments for CETA is that it will enable European firms to be more "competitive" in the Canadian market – and if that sounds eerily familiar to the promises made about NAFTA in 1994, it's because it is.
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People Vs Big Oil, Part II: A Mosaic of Oil and Attack Dogs
Few things appear more threatening to the economic order than the demand to accelerate oil’s demise – and the most robust democracies will suspend civil liberties when the people, particularly indigenous people, voice that demand.
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Private Eyes: The Little-Known Company That Enables Worldwide Mass Surveillance
Endace helped governments across the world harvest vast amounts of information on people’s private emails, online chats, social media conversations, and internet browsing histories.
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The Real Living Wage? $17.28 An Hour – At Least
In almost every state, a worker needs more than $15 an hour to make ends meet. Add in student debt, and the minimum living wage shoots up to $18.67 an hour nationally.
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Pharma Fight in California: The Next Phase in Bernie’s Revolution Has Already Begun
Proposition 61 could be a watershed moment in American health care, reforming drug-purchasing and stopping price-gouging by Big Pharma.
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U.K. Opposition to Austerity Is Building As Brexit Economic Concerns Deepen
“We want to send a message to the Tories that their austerity experiment has failed our country, failed our economy and failed our people – and it is time to end it."
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Occupy the Cinema: "Deepwater Horizon" and the Ruinous Results of Greed
Are you successful enough? Never. It is an epidemic and a vast majority are sick. Not even a massive fire on a ship in the ocean can offer a cure. What, then, will?
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Iceland, A Land of Vikings, Braces for a Pirate Party Takeover
The party that could be on the cusp of winning Iceland’s national elections on Saturday didn’t exist four years ago.
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Kurdish Women Fight Odds to Broadcast on Women's Rights
Radio Dange Nwe, founded and run by women in Halabja in northern Iraq, has made waves with a program that fights conservative ideas and helps refugee women discuss and solve their problems.
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From Norway to Peru, U.S. to Philippines, A Tsunami Of Activists Suing for Climate Justice
A groundswell of litigation actions against the perpetrators of climate change is emerging across the globe.
