Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
The killing of Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta police shoot dead unarmed man who fell asleep...
“What we continue to see is police being called in as first responders to things that they should not be showing up for.”
School support workers strike closing more than 1,000 LA schools
More than 1,000 schools are closed because of the strike, which impacts 422,000 students.
Nearly 2 million people in India could lose citizenship in biggest disenfranchisement in history
Nearly 2 million people in the northeast state of Assam are at risk of being rendered stateless in India after the government...
Why are immigration ‘judges’ working for DOJ aka the PROSECUTION?
“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States. It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave. It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.” –Federal Immigration Judge Ubaid ul-Haq
Seriously auditing the rich makes sense. Seriously taxing the rich can save us.
The affluent gang at Patriotic Millionaires is making the case for an entirely new tax system.
France Approves Plan To Completely Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides
France's National Assembly just voted to totally ban this bee-killing pesticide.
Deputy fired after beating sheriff in primary election
Despite the fact that Maggs was recently fired, he will reportedly take charge of the sheriff’s department in January when assuming his elected position.
Should we entrust our schoolchildren to corporate profiteers?
The DeVos couple are pushing plutocratic policies that reject our country's one-for-all, all-for-one egalitarianism.
Alarming levels of glyphosate found in popular American foods
The groups that released the report are calling for a permanent ban on the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent because of the residue levels.