Friday, October 30, 2026

Federal Agents Arrested for Bitcoin Money Laundering and Fraud

Two former federal agents operated in the shadows and above the law during their investigation of the online black market, Silk Road. Now they face charges including money laundering and wire fraud along with other related offenses.

Federal correctional officers plead guilty to bribery and smuggling charges

Each is currently scheduled to be sentenced on May 17, and each faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

The Economy We Want Starts With a Constitutional Amendment

A more democratic and equal election system is the first step toward a more democratic and equal economy.

History must record Trump’s plan for a nationwide ‘Kent State’ massacre

there are two particularly chilling passages in Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump: Both, to my mind, invoke Kent State, but on a much larger scale.

How union membership leads to a great life

Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.
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Cornel West: I am heading to Standing Rock to show solidarity with historic Indigenous...

Cornel West will join the Standing Rock Sioux, NationofChange, hundreds of veterans, and thousands of others at Standing Rock this weekend.

May Day was even more important than you think

The mass mobilization on May Day was a show of power—and a dress rehearsal of the tactics it takes to win against an authoritarian regime.

Bernie Sanders pledges to end prosecution of whistleblowers

Progressives hail Sanders’ pledge to end the use of this out-dated act.

Why I kneeled before Standing Rock elders and asked for forgiveness

“We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke … But we’ve come to say that we are sorry.”

These 13 Democrats joined with the GOP to defeat Bernie Sanders’ efforts to lower...

There is something seriously iffy about the Democrats that voted “nay.”