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.
Read
Follow:
-
Revealed: America Sold Arms to Bahrain Amid Bloody Crackdown
Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons to the small Mideast nation.
-
Dispatch from Greece: Meeting the "Antagonist" Movements
A visitor encounters Exarcheia, a hotbed of political activity, a bulwark against state power - and now an entire zone of Athens where police and those of the "wrong political persuasion" just don’t go.
-
Requiem For a Species: Why The Game is Up
The long struggle between the human species and the Earth will conclude with the remnants of the human species learning a painful lesson about unrestrained greed and self-worship.
-
In Northern California, All Roads (Still) Lead to Wall Street
The new Community Action Lab in Santa Rosa, Calif., focuses on combating austerity, budget cuts and debt through its Student Union and Robin Hood projects. It kicks off with a teach-in this Thursday.
-
Big Banks' Mortgage Fraud Payments Will Be Tax-Deductible
Some or all of the big banks' payments for mortgage abuse will actually be a corporate windfall, as the banks can claim them as business expenses. Taxpayers, therefore, will likely lighten the banks’ loads.
-
8,000 New York City School Bus Drivers Go On Strike
Yellow buses, which the city is threatening to privatize, will stay off the streets Wednesday in a dispute that pits austerity city budgeting against demands for basic job security.
-
Enbridge Tar Sands Hearings Interrupted by Activists
A day after 1,000 protesters forced their way past police lines in Vancouver, an action group intervened Tuesday in company discussions over tar sands developments, calling the hearing a "climate crime scene."
-
Welcome to Blockadia!
A vast but interwoven web of campaigns are building a unified front in Oklahoma and Texas, where people are standing up against the fossil fuel industry and demanding an end to the development of tar sands pipelines.
-
Major Companies Push the Limits of a Tax Break
The practice of exchanging one asset for another without incurring taxes has spread to everyone from commercial real estate developers and art collectors to major corporations.
-
Longshoremen Dig in as Strike on East Coast Ports Looms
The threat of a strike by the International Longshoremen's Union, which would be the first on the East Coast since 1977, has sent shockwaves through the big business community.