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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Hedges: The Folly of Empire
The last days of empire are carnivals of folly. The politicians and court propagandists, hired to be the public faces on the sinking ship, mask the real work of the crew, which is systematically robbing the passengers as the vessel goes down.
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Welcome to Commonomics: Learning to Build Local, Self-Reliant Economies
When it comes to sustainability and localism, people excluded from policymaking often have the most innovative ideas for building strength.
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This Is What Happens When You Try To Kill A Park
In June, a peaceful, highly innovative and organized community sprang to life in a matter of days to preserve Istanbul's Gezi Park.
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Revealed: NSA Is Collecting Millions of E-Mail Address Books Globally
An NSA program recently disclosed by Edward Snowden harvests hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail address books and instant messaging "buddy lists" and accounts around the world.
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How Mega-Corporations Like Nestle Threaten Colombia’s Coffee Farmers
Nestlé has a huge presence in Colombia. But it has no fair trade policy to ensure its coffee producers are paid a living wage.
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Why Is Greece's Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party Rising In Popularity?
Why party members support the anti-immigration and ethnically “pure” platform of the Golden Dawn remains confounding within modern Greek politics — though it's a window into better understanding the direction the country is heading on immigration.
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Why Austerity Is Pushing Europe into Social and Economic Decline
A protracted period of poverty, mass unemployment, social exclusion, greater inequality and collective despair is facing Europe since the austerity policies adopted in recent years. And it's only getting worse.
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Even McCutcheon Supreme Court Case Won't Alter Money's Influence on Politics
If the court were to axe the current overall contribution limits posed in McCutcheon v. FEC, some predict that fewer than 500 people could fund all of electoral politics, creating a government run of, by and for those 500 people.
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Robert Reich on the Shutdown: "You Can't Negotiate with Extortionists"
Members of the Tea Party hate government viscerally. They say we ought to shrink government down to the size that it can drown in a bathtub. They're not in Washington to govern; they're in Washington to tear it down.
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Nearly 1 Million Gallons of Fracked Oil Spilled in North Dakota
Over 20,000 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale spilled from a pipeline in North Dakota in September, but the agency tasked with responding to chemical and oil spills did not make the report available until last week.
