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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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part III
Earlier this summer, Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship entered the exclusion zone around the Statoil rig Songa Enabler, as activists from across the world took to inflatables and kayaks in protest against Norway's plans to pump oil to Hammerfest.
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An Independent Thinker’s Guide to the Tax Debate
For 40 years, tax cutters in Congress have told us, “we have a tax cut for you.” In exchange, we’ve gotten staggering inequality, collapsing public infrastructure, a fraying safety net, and exploding deficits – as the richest tenth of 1% get richer.
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Dependent on Denial – How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial
A recent report reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to foot the bill for more than $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year.
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Why A Brexit "No Deal" Will Hit Poorest U.K. Households the Hardest
Leaving the E.U. without any trade deal would result in a sharp rise in the price of food, clothing and other basic goods, dealing a particular blow to those financially struggling families whom the prime minister said are "just about managing."
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The F.B.I.’s Black Phantom Menace
In a report that was never supposed to be made public, but was on Oct. 6 by foreignpolicy.org, the F.B.I.’s Counterterrorism Division has concluded that there is a real threat from the “black identity extremist” movement.
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British Banks Can’t Be Trusted – Let’s Nationalize Them
Our finance system is rigged in favor of a crisis-ridden City to reap profits for individuals. It’s time these institutions worked for the good of communities.
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Rep. Steve Scalise Is Entitled to His Own Opinion – But Not His Own Facts about the 2nd Amendment
The congressman's interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is not supported by historical facts or and contemporary evidence.
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In the Dead of Night, Republicans Vote to Give Lawsuit Immunity to Banks
Draining the swamp indeed.
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The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent
The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.
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Wells Fargo's Playbook: How To Rob The Average Joe and Still Retain Your Stock Options
The housing crisis, the outsourcing of American jobs, the decline in U.S. manufacturing, the politics of circus-like tricks, illusions and freakish sideshow distractions make for hungry lower classes and angry mobs at gated parking lots.
