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Climate Activists: Carbon Trading a “False Solution” Pushed by Bankers and Bureaucrats
One of the core solutions to reducing climate change proposed in the Kyoto Protocol has resurfaced at the latest U.N. climate talks in Warsaw, Poland: the creation of a …
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Historic Deal Curbs Iran’s Nuclear Program While Easing US-Led Devastating Economic Sanctions
Iran and six world powers have clinched a deal to temporarily limit and roll back the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for the easing of international sanctions.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Second Hearing on Disability Treaty
The Disability Treaty is a vital framework for creating legislation and policies around the world, modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act, that embrace the rights and dignity of …
Dystopia Will Not Attack Us, It Will Slowly Consume Us
We are seeing an increased criminalization of protest, and the corporatocracy hopes we will accept it as the new normal.
Iran Nuke Pact Defies the Neocons
Washingtonu2019s still influential neocons are livid over President Obamau2019s interim nuclear deal with Iran and will keep up their sabotage fight.
Has Walmart Finally Crossed The Line?
Walmart, the largest employer in the United States, can't seem to catch a break.
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Jesus Huerta: A Child Killed in Durham Police Custody
Another Durham resident has now died in a controversial encounter with the Durham Police Department. This time it was teenager and local Riverside High School student, Jesus Huerta.
Corporate Influences Silence Voices Demanding Progress at Warsaw’s COP19
u201cSpirit of Compromiseu201d not enough to address climate change.
Reaching the First Step: Humanity is Still Far From Confronting Climate Change
The Warsaw Climate Change Conference began discouragingly just days after Typhoon Haiyan thrashed the Philippine islands of Samar, Leyte and Negros.
Shielding a Flickering Flame
As we continue on this path of social and environmental destruction, it is not just an act of suicide, but an act of murder against future generations.