If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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EPA Issues Sweeping Rules Protecting America's Drinking Water, Streams and Wetlands
Drinking water for 117 million Americans will be protected under new rules shielding small streams, tributaries and wetlands from pollution and development.
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Anti-Corruption Activists Join Occupy.com In Seattle June 4th - Calling for Citizen Empowerment
On June 4, two of the nation’s leading voices against political corruption, Lawrence Lessig and Marianne Williamson, will join Occupy.com's screening of "Killswitch" in a call for sweeping citizen action to root money out of politics in 2016.
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A New Dawn of Dissent: Britain Responds to Conservative Victory with Wave of Protests
As election resentment gathers speed in the U.K., reinvigorated protest efforts are emerging as well.
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The Financial Transactions Tax Could Be a Game Changer on Wall Street
The FTT proposed last week by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would impose a sales tax on stocks and other financial assets, forcing speculators to pay a tax on their trades just like people who buy shoes or clothes.
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Slouching Toward Plutocracy, Politicians Choose Wealth and Ignore the Electorate
A new book examines why presidents tend to focus on the opinions of the wealthy and well-connected insiders when making their decisions – ignoring the views of most voters.
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Cleveland Announces Historic Second Settlement Over Chronic Police Abuse
The decision marks a new way of policing in the city, the mayor said a week after a police officer was acquitted for killing an unarmed black couple.
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Why a Death Sentence for Mohamed Morsi Signals the End of the Arab Spring
The timing of Morsi's death sentence couldn’t have been better for Egyptian authorities – since the U.S. news media that week was focused on another high profile death sentence, that of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
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Anti-Poverty Activist Becomes Barcelona Mayor As Indignados Surge to Power
Spain’s 15-M Movement made the move from city squares to the halls of power on Sunday in municipal and regional elections that saw the ruling People’s party battered at the ballot box.
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Final Phase In the Battle To Stop Rigged Corporate Trade
The movement against rigged corporate trade is going to have to escalate its campaign if we are to hold the majority and stop Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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In 400 Cities, Thousands Worldwide March Against Monsanto and GMO'S
Saturday marked the third annual March Against Monsanto, as thousands of people in at least 48 countries protested the American biotech giant.