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On the News With Thom Hartmann: This Winter, the Poor Will Find It More Difficult to Stay Warm, and More
In today's On the News segment: Global markets surge as central banks around the world step up to bail out the euro, more and more poor people won't be …
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Best Job in the Neighborhood – and They Own It
“I can tell you before Evergreen, we felt like there was nothing left for us,” says Tim Nolen. He and his fellow Evergreen Cooperative worker-owners live in Cleveland’s Greater …
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New York Court Ruling: Corporations May Pick Americans’ Pockets
On Monday, New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, overturned a ban (lasting since 1846) prohibiting the state from giving gifts of money or credit to corporations. From …
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LA Mayor Says He Evicted Protesters Out of Concern for Children, But City Has 13,000 Homeless Kids
Last night, the city of Los Angeles reversed its long-standing policy of mutual cooperation with Occupy Los Angeles and raided the encampment on the steps of city hall, evicting …
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Biden in Iraq to Prepare for Postwar Relations
Baghdad - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived here on Tuesday for a visit meant to inaugurate a new relationship between the United States and Iraq, just weeks …
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Occupy Protesters Evicted in Two Cities
Los Angeles - The steel-mesh fence went up around the perimeter of City Hall Park here early Wednesday morning. Behind it, fields of dirt and brown grass were covered …
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Movers and Sheriff’s Deputies Refuse Bank’s Order to Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman
Yesterday, a Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter. Both were terrified of being removed from …
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Arab Women Seek a Place in the Spring
Cairo - As several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elect bodies to write new constitutions, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation. …
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AT&T Gambles and Again Loses
Last Tuesday, the FCC called for an “administrative hearing” on the AT&T/T-Mobile merger that signaled the agency’s opposition to the deal. The next day AT&T responded that …
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New Alabama Law Encourages Neighbors to Spy on and Report Suspected Undocumented Immigrants Next Door
Law enforcement officials across Alabama were unsure how they would enforce — let alone pay for — HB 56, the state’s draconian immigration law, when it went into effect. …