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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The Man Who Stood Up to the Koch Brothers — and Won
Public-interest advocate and Democratic candidate for California Secretary of State Derek Cressman filed a complaint requiring conservative political committees to disclose their donors, resulting in $16 million in penalties including against the Kochs.
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Students Occupy Sofia University Calling for Fair and Transparent Elections
Students at Bulgaria's Sofia University are occupying the entire central building of the school and vow to remain until the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of new elections.
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Santa Rosa, Calif., Outraged By Police Killing Of Latino Teenager Holding Toy Gun
13-year-old Andy Lopez was walking through his neighborhood carrying a plastic gun that police thought was an automatic weapon. Within seconds, cops opened fire.
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Mexico Bans GM Corn in Latest Win Against Monsanto and Big Ag
Effective immediately, a ban on genetically-modified corn in Mexico has gone into action only days after thousands took to the streets in major cities across the country to protest against Monsanto and the GMO industry.
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Video: McDonald's Joins the Socialist Revolution
McDonald's believes that in an economy where labor no longer can meet basic human needs, it is the government's responsibility to support its citizens.
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Exclusive: Who Killed Michael Hastings?
Four months after Hastings's fatal car accident in L.A., new facts and evidence continue to emerge raising serious questions about whether the journalist was assassinated, the breadth of cyber-techniques that may have been used, and who might have done it.
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Reich: The Triumph of the Right
Conservatives have won by shaping the national conversation around the size of government and the budget deficit, diverting attention away from the increasing concentration of wealth and income at the very top while most Americans fall behind.
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Celebrities, Whistleblowers, Politicians Release Anti-NSA Ad For Rally Against Surveillance
The NSA is spying on our personal communications and operating without any meaningful oversight. On October 26, the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA Patriot Act, join the largest rally yet against NSA surveillance, being held in D.C.
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Why Europe Must Chart a New Path on Immigration
Some 20,000 people have lost their lives in the Mediterranean attempting to enter Europe in the last two decades. It's time for the continent to reevaluate the costs versus the benefits of a more open and just immigration policy that favors all.
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What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank
The $13 billion fine on civil charges, including $4 billion in direct assistance to swindled homeowners in mostly depressed inner city neighborhoods, is to be applauded. But it represents only about half of the profit JPMorgan garnered last year.
