Environment

Although NY faces a $1.7 billion deficit this year, Governor Cuomo proposes a huge tax giveaway to the wealthiest citizens, costing the state nearly $800 million and embolding others.

Could a pair of headphones change the lives of millions of Americans suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia?

Russell Mokhiber: Privately-owned water company failed to conduct proper water tests in Elk River, leading to sickness among West Virginia Residents.

The TPP's environment chapter has no effective enforcement mechanisms, and its investment chapter allows foreign investors to sue governments over lost prospective profits in secret arbitration panels.

Maya Nye, president of People Concerned About Chemical Safety, a citizen's group, explained: "We are so desperate for jobs in West Virginia we don't want to do anything that …

Yves Engler: The Harper administration is propping up its domestic arms industry without regard to the consequences of weapons sales to countries like Colombia and Saudi Arabia.

We require an economic and political governance structure that ensures all human beings have access to basic necessities while reducing human pressure on the biosphere.

The richest 400 people in our nation have as much wealth as the entire African-American population in the United States, and more.

Since the recession, Los Angeles has been laying off teachers, bringing in charters and reorganizing with a vengeance.

“This is why: I am haunted by the families shattered by indefinite detention.”