Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Letter from Quebec: They Villified Us, Then We Won
After a wave of student mobilization in Quebec, we can count our victories: on the first day of the new government’s term, it cancelled a tuition hike and repealed an anti-protest law that curbed basic freedoms of expression and assembly.
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How Government Subsidized the Fracking of America
Decades of federal support for natural gas drilling -- through R&D, mapping techniques, cost-sharing programs and billions of dollars in tax credits -- helped businesses commercialize the hazardous fracking landscape we have today.
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High-Tech Farming Brings Locally Grown Food to Oakland
Farmigo, a new form of Community Supported Agriculture in Oakland, connects local farmers and producers to communities and consumers looking for fresh, local and affordable food -- all through an easy online platform.
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In Berlin, Syrian Exiles Are Building Toward a Transitional Government
“Everybody is calling for almost the same thing: a free country, a civil state, democratic models, rule of law and civil authorities.”
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How the Media is (Still) Failing Occupy
The post-camp Occupy Movement is proving a bit too cerebral for a media machine that prefers shiny objects and flashing lights to substance.
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Purchasing the Presidency: How Citizens United Has Overwhelmed 2012 Spending
A report released Monday shows that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 ruling on Citizens United is accountable for 78% of this year's election spending as corporations angle to buy the presidency.
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The Riskiest Banks are Still Those We Bailed Out
Bailed-out banks continued to be riskier than non-bailed out banks, even after they received taxpayer dollars during the financial crisis of 2008.
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Study Busts Myth Corporations Use to Justify Skyrocketing CEO Pay
CEO pay has increased 725 percent over three decades while worker pay has essentially remained flat.
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A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal
Just as the baseball season now stretches nearly into November, and the National Football League keeps adding games, so the summer season is in danger of extending on both ends, a kind of megalomaniac power grab fueled by the carbon pouring into the atmosphere.
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¡Basta! Revolution Becomes Reality in Spain
On Saturday, Spaniards swarmed governmental and financial buildings across Madrid, a preview for this Tuesday, when thousands more are expected to surround the Spanish Congress and demand that the government, lawmakers and king resign.
