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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Visa and Mastercard Ask Federal Court to Legalize Transaction Fees
The credit card giants have sued retailers who rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees.
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Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
It’s time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world: the men who run giant energy companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell.
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What Would Happen if Everyone Actually Did Move Their Money?
What would the economy look like if big banks were disempowered?
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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Amidst the ongoing jobs-vs-environment debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, one voice is noticeably absent: the bitumen workers in Canada who are largely against long-term tar sands extraction and the building of the pipeline.
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Half of America in Poverty — and It's Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure, but it's actually much, much worse.
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You Are Not a Loan: Strike Debt and the Challenge of the Rolling Jubilee
We purchase the debt like a debt buyer, but instead of trying to collect on it we abolish it.
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Thousands Around World Marched Against Monsanto
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto and genetically modified foods.
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Tennessee Joins States Restricting Drone Flights, Citing Fourth Amendment
Governor Bill Haslam signed the Freedom of Unwarranted Surveillance Act into law last week, making Tennessee the fifth state to pass legislation restricting drone surveillance by police and federal agencies.
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Gas Industry Successfully Overturns Colorado Fracking Ban
The Fort Collins city council, buckling under the threat of a lawsuit by the oil and gas industry, decided last week to overturn a ban on hydraulic fracturing that had been in place for only a few months.
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Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Interrupts Obama's Counterterror Speech
Even Medea Benjamin was surprised she managed to get into President Barack Obama's major national security address at National Defense University.
