Homelessness Soaring in the UK As People Can No Longer Afford To Pay Rent
One in five renters in Britain could not afford to pay January’s rent out of their normal salary and were forced to resort to credit cards, loans, overdrafts, pay day loans and borrowing from friends and family in order to pay housing costs.
Why Wall Street Won the First Round and How We Might Win the Next
To avoid further crises with huge tragic social costs, we have an urgent task to bring finance back under democratic control, to reconfigure society’s relation to finance capital, indeed, to Capital itself.
Experts say the use of private email by Trump’s voter fraud commission isn’t legal
Instructions have been lacking, says one commissioner – a sharp contrast with similar groups in the past.
Amazon employees threatened to be fired if they speak out on climate crisis
AECJ says they will continue to take climate action despite the HR threats and Bezos’ promises to conduct a cleaner business.
6 charts shows key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture
The overall picture suggests that a marketing change fueled an increased demand for more lethal weapons, which in turn has fostered a change in gun culture.
Young people express disbelief at older generation’s Trump and Brexit choices, say ‘join us’...
There is a sense that, if needs must, this is a generation ready to take the future into their own hands
Cartel drug lord pleads guilty to bribing US federal agent with cash and prostitutes
“Christopher Ciccione abused his law enforcement authority for personal profit."
Starbucks Workers United calls nationwide boycott as contract fight drags on
The AFL-CIO's 65 unions endorsed the campaign as more than 550 unfair labor practice charges sit unresolved against the company.
Fired sheriff’s deputy pleads guilty to stealing nearly $200K
“People at all levels of government work hard every day to serve the public and it's particularly hurtful because an incident like this stands out to erode the public’s trust.”
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.