It's Official: The One Percent Are Literally Rich Beyond Measure

The wealth of the most well off people is under-counted because they hide it in tax shelters, keep it in foundations and holding companies, and don’t respond to questionnaires, according to recent research.

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Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, Sustained Protests Follow Michael Brown Shooting In Missouri

“We were just sitting on the ground in the street, singing We Shall Not Be Moved. They told us, ‘Get off the street’, and then they started shooting gas canisters at us."

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"Houses Are Bouncing" In Oklahoma As Fracktivity Triggers Record Earthquakes

Since January, Oklahoma has had 292 earthquakes registering a magnitude 3.0 or larger, more than any state in the U.S – and nearly triple the 109 it had last year, thanks to massive oil and gas drilling.

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California Voters Outraged As "Citizens United" Measure Removed From Fall Ballot

On Monday, the state Supreme Court took the unexpected and widely condemned act of blocking Proposition 49, which would have enabled voters to reject Citizens United in November.

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How A Scotland "Yes" Vote Could Challenge the U.K. Nuclear Weapons Program

The brilliant thing about Scottish Independence, from a global anti-nuclear weapons stance, is that the U.K. has no other sites suitable to host trident submarines or their nuclear warheads.

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Criminal Charges Brought Against Payday Loan Firms In New York

Carey Vaughn Brown owned a dozen companies that enabled payday loans to flout the state’s limits on interest rates in loans to New Yorkers.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions to Subsidize Corporate Friends

Government documents reveal the city has $1.7 billion in special accounts used to finance corporate subsidies – though the mayor claimed "budget constraints" forced mass school closures and pension cuts.

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Now Is Critical Moment To Kill Widely Unpopular Global Trade Agreements

The opposition is global and growing louder – which is why we're poised to halt attempts by corporations and governments to push through these mega-deals for multinationals.

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Organic For the People: New York City Residents Are Fighting Food Deserts With Farms

The goal of East New York Farms and other groups like it isn't only to expand access to good food – but to improve residents’ health, create jobs and income, and transform blighted neighborhoods into assets.

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Walmart's Bangladeshi Workers End 11-Day Hunger Strike And Receive Back Pay

1,600 workers in five clothing factories, most of them women earning less than $70 a month, had been on hunger strike since July 28.

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