2020 candidates to attend the first-ever Native American presidential candidate forum
“We’ve made great strides in the past 19 years to get to this point.”
Workers need more rights and economic democracy
It is time to correct the decades of diminishing worker rights and shrinking unions as well as low-pay.
The revolution isn’t being televised
Media uninterested in protest movements around the world.
Pundits Across Political Spectrum Blast Trump For Declining To Disavow Support From KKK
Media are lambasting Trump for not unequivocally distancing himself from the support of white supremacists, saying his failure to do so "is disqualifying,"
FCC refuses to investigate net neutrality comment fraud
The FCC continues to take no action to remove the fraudulent comments or to prevent them from being filed.
By exploiting and mismanaging public pensions, Wall Street has cost taxpayers $600 billion over...
"Most people (including policymakers) still have no idea that skimming fees off public employees' retirement savings has become one of the largest sources of profits for Wall Street moguls."
Dark matter: Too-big-to-fail hibernates in opaque derivatives markets
What you’re seeing here is a dilemma that market purists never quite resolve: They say they want market transparency, and they oppose government regulation.
Noam Chomsky on Pittsburgh attack: Revival of hate is encouraged by Trump’s rhetoric
The nation is continuing to grieve the 11 Jewish worshipers who were gunned down at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Saturday in what’s being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
Kaiser Permanente launches medical school with free tuition for the first five inaugural classes
With Kaiser Permanente's recent announcement, it is now the second medical school in the United States to become tuition-free and "eliminate the financial barrier to achieving a medical degree."
Venezuela: Indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis as profits trump rights
The result of this is a breakdown of the relationship between the Venezuelan state and indigenous people, and a return to the longstanding struggle over territory and mining resources.