Four More Bankers Put on Ice
With four former executives of Kaupthing Bank having their convictions upheld this week, Iceland is showing the world that it's possible to prosecute bankers. So when will the U.S. catch on?
5 amazing ways people are aiding Hurricane Harvey evacuees
Here are 5 ways that the world is helping Houston in their time of need.
How to operate Medicare
If you want a good society, then figure out a way so that the good doctors and good teachers get to run their professions. In other words, the politicians don't get to do it.
Federal courts rebuke thousands of ICE detentions as habeas filings surge nationwide
Reuters review documents more than 4,400 unlawful custody rulings amid expanded immigration enforcement and rising court challenges.
‘Investment already paying off’: McCarthy assigns Big Oil favorites to key environment panel
"Instead of holding Big Oil executives accountable for price gouging consumers at the pump, the committee will be dominated by the interests of extractive industries."
Former Veterans Affairs police officer pleads guilty to excessive force
Nicholson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is currently scheduled for June 24.
Will America’s corruption end on a ventilator or in a mushroom cloud?
A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem.
China to ban single-use plastics
The Chinese government recently announced a sweeping anti-plastics campaign.
It’s official: California lists key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup as cancer-causing
We should all keep the pressure on the EPA to ban glyphosate, for good.
Elon Musk and Rahm Emanuel’s new transportation scheme is a privatization bonanza
The development is yet another example of Emanuel’s plan to transform Chicago into a city for the wealthy few.