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The Rise of Chicago’s 99% Against Rahm Emanuel, “Mayor 1%“
Will Rahm Emanel's effort to establish a privatized neoliberal outpost in Chicago succeed? Not if the ongoing uprising brushfires turn from kindling wood into a contemporary Chicago fire of …
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Food Safety Modernization Act Threatens Fresh, Healthy and Sustainably Grown Food
It is those antiseptic, theoretically bacteria-free plastic containers that will soon become the only way we will be able to shop for all of our produce, and that should …
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Noam Chomsky | De-Americanizing the World
Noam Chomsky: The rejection of international obligations has indeed become more entrenched in recent years, along with quiet acceptance of the doctrine that the US has every right to …
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William Rivers Pitt | Decisions Are Made by Those Who Show Up
All you need to see in order to understand just how poorly our level of voter turnout has been working out for each and every one of us is …
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Food Stamps Are Affordable; Corporate Welfare Is Not
The American taxpayer isn't paying much for social safety net programs like food stamps and Medicare. But we are paying a lot for the billions of dollars the US …
Bill Moyers: Yves Smith and Dean Baker on Secrets in Trade
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is deliberately shrouded in secrecy, a trade deal powerful people, including President Obama, don't want you to know about.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Voting Laws Threaten State Elections, and More
Today is election day in several states around our nation, and the danger of many new voting laws is apparent, and more.
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The Superrich Don’t Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure
America is falling apart - and this nation's super-rich are to blame.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Insurance Companies Are Trying to Cheat Customers Out of More Money, and More
In today's On the News segment: Insurance companies are trying to cheat customers out of more money; after using our commons to build their fortunes, the super-rich are abandoning …
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McCutcheon: The People Strike Back to Have a Voice in Elections
While the US Supreme Court mulls lifting overall limits to campaign contributions in the McCutcheon case, Seattle citizens go to the polls Tuesday over reforming their elections with publicly …