The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Hundreds of Thousands Take Kiev's Indepedence Square Demanding European Integration
Masses occupied the Ukrainian capital calling on President Victor Yanukovych to resign.
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Amend the Fed: We Need a Central Bank that Serves Main Street
December 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, prompting growing calls to audit or end the Fed. At the least Congress needs to amend it — modifying the Federal Reserve Act to allow the central bank to carry out its mandates.
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Why Detroit's "Bankruptcy" Distracts From Attack on Constitution
Detroit is the victim of dishonest politicians colluding with banks and other corporate predators, and we are now witnessing the late stages of an extended municipal lynching — the natural expression of contemporary American capitalism.
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Police Violence Spurs Britain's Student Movement Against Privatization and Higher Fees
Last week's occupation of the University of London's vice chancellor's office by 100 students was evicted by security guards working alongside police.
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Can Washington State Lower Its Emissions Through New Climate Workgroup?
Because fossil fuel money sits in the coffers of so many of our legislators, even in liberal Washington State, the political reality is one of endless bad-faith studies — and profitability as the ultimate measure of a climate policy’s value.
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"Cowboys and Indians" Camp Together Building Alliance Against Keystone XL Pipeline
At the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp in northeastern Nebraska, tribal members and ranchers determined to prevent construction of the tar sands pipeline through their land are learning to understand each other as never before.
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88% of Congress On Gas Industry Payroll As Campaign Donations Hit Record Level
A new report shows politicians' campaign cash from the natural gas industry has soared 231% in states that frack, and more than doubled even in the states that don't. Fact: seven of eight U.S. Congress members are on the gas industry's payroll.
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Fast Food Workers Strike Over Low Wages In Nationwide Protests
Thousands of low wage workers went on strike across 100 cities through the day, including Boston, Detroit, New York, Oakland, Los Angeles and St. Louis, signaling the growing clamor for action on income equality.
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Moving Far Right, Google Funds Grover Norquist, Heritage Action, ALEC, Anti-Gov Groups
Google, the tech giant supposedly guided by its “don’t be evil” motto, has been funding a growing list of groups advancing the agenda of the Koch brothers.
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Is Afghan President Rejecting U.S. Security Pact Due to Mysterious Civilian Killings in Wardak Province?
Despite local protests, outrage from human rights organizations and the urging of the Afghan government, the U.S. has chosen not to cooperate with national investigations into civilian deaths in Wardak province that may amount to war crimes.
