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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More than 1,000 Arrested In Tunisian Anti-Government Protests Five Years After Revolution
In demonstrations organized by the Union of Internal Security Forces, 300 of those detained had broken a strict curfew put in place nationwide last Friday after widespread looting and rioting broke out.
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Air Regulator Sues California Utility Over Historic Methane Leak That Poisoned Community
The stench of odorized methane fumes has sickened scores of people since the leak began on Oct. 23 and has forced SoCalGas to move residents from more than 7,700 homes in northern L.A. at the edge of the leaking gas storage field.
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150 London Students Launch Rent Strike Demanding Lower Housing Costs
Students at University College London announced this week that they'd be withholding a total of £250,000 in rent payments unless their school reduced rent costs by 40%.
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Michigan Alters Water Testing Rules In Wake of Flint Lead Poisoning Crisis
The state changed its water testing rules as a lawsuit filed by residents and advocacy groups sought to compel city and state officials to follow federal requirements for testing and treating water for lead content.
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The Populist Revolution: Bernie and Beyond
From the Syriza Party in Greece and the Podemos Party in Spain, to the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, contenders with their fingers on the popular pulse are surging ahead of their establishment rivals.
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Trade Groups to Top Corporations: Resist Political Disclosure
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which spent $35 million on the 2014 midterm elections, "has a deep investment in secrecy," says Bruce Freed, president of the Center for Political Accountability.
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Growing Dissent: The Coming Year Of Protest
The financial meltdown of 2008 led to widespread unrest that culminated in the protest movements of 2011. Yet far from addressing the systemic problems exposed by the crisis, government-backed elites have only doubled down.
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Message From Minneapolis: The Time To Reinvest in Poor Communities Is Now
American taxpayers spend $126 billion a year to fund police departments nationwide – but in places like Minneapolis, black people are underprotected and overpoliced, and politicians can no longer ignore the surging wave of activism.
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How A Small Company in Switzerland Is Fighting a Surveillance Law — And Winning
A small email provider and its customers have almost single-handedly forced the Swiss government to put its new invasive surveillance law up for a public vote in a national referendum in June.
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Dark Money Review: Nazi Oil, the Koch Brothers and A Rightwing Revolution
The Koch brothers' nanny was such a fervent Nazi that when France fell in 1940, she resigned and returned to Germany.
