Yearly Archives: 2017
Who owns Puerto Rico’s debt, exactly? We’ve tracked down 10 of the biggest vulture...
Financial firms are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild.
The rise of Pennsylvania’s racist right is a warning to the nation
From Philadelphia to Erie, and all points in between, our movement is growing.
‘Tell me how this ends?’
David Petraeus finally answers his own question.
‘De-certifying’ the Iran deal may be Trump’s most reckless decision yet
Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. Trump, on the other hand, is risking a war – and torching U.S. credibility.
Scientist Daniel Swain on ‘unprecedented climate conditions’ contributing to deadly CA wildfires
More than 11,000 firefighters are battling the wildfires, with the support of hundreds of fire engines and dozens of helicopters and airplanes.
Groups slam Zinke’s ‘backroom deals’ to build road through Alaskan wildlife refuge
“These records expose yet another of Secretary Zinke’s secretive, backroom deals to sell off and sell out our public lands and wildlife.”
Dead nation walking
Regardless of who is our president, from either of the two ‘War Parties’, military spending has been going through the roof.
Bernie Sanders: Republican tax plan ‘is the Robin Hood principle in reverse’
"At a time when the middle class is shrinking and over 40 million Americans are living in poverty, this budget must be defeated."
Oil rig explodes in Louisiana: 7 injured, 1 missing
The rescued crew members are being treated at local hospitals and a search is underway for the missing man.
Mobilize for system change
We too can choose whether we want a future of solidarity where human needs and protection of the planet come before profits or whether we will continue down the path where corporations and the politicians they fund deny access to basic needs.