Introducing IOGCC: The Most Powerful Oil and Gas Lobby You’ve Never Heard Of
New documents show for the first time that it was Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) at the front and center, and not just Halliburton, which created what many now know as the Halliburton Loophole.
Panama Papers Offer More Evidence That Free Trade Isn’t Really Free
As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about "free trade" deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying.
How Americans Hate: 8-fold Increase in Islamophobic Crime Since 2000
We should never forget that hate is not just an emotion displayed by an ugly set of the mouth at a rally; it turns into broken noses and broken ribs and burned-down buildings.
Million Student March To Demand Answers On Debt Reduction
Let’s join these young people in their search for a better future – and then take their demands into the political debate.
New Report Finds Many Large, Profitable U.S. Corporations Pay No Federal Income Taxes
The GAO released a study requested by Bernie Sanders that found roughly 20% of large, profitable U.S. corporations paid zero federal income taxes between 2008 and 2012.
How Do You Make Change Happen? Show Up
Let's make 2016 the year of reintroducing ourselves and our expectations to policymakers.
Thousands of Verizon Workers Go on Strike
Thousands of Verizon employees will take to the streets demanding the company run more fairly.
The Story about Democratic Convention Pledged Delegates that Nobody Talks About
Clinton's only ahead of Sanders thanks to 6 Deep South states irrelevant in November.
Make Trump Great Again!
Toddlers have so much to teach Donald Trump as a person and as a presidential candidate.
The Power of Belief
“The US government has already built, at a not inconsiderable expense, a wall and fence along the border with Mexico to keep out people many of whom are refugees fleeing violence in their home countries.”