Peru Declares State of Emergency as Mercury Contamination From Illegal Gold Mining Poisons People...
Despite Peruvian President Ollanta Humala calling a state of emergency on Monday, Survival International says that the government has known about the contamination since 2014 and has done little to address the problem.
Ugly Trump endgame: Indictments galore = fear and trembling, then plea bargains, large fines,...
What more do we (or prosecutors) have to know to understand only the strongest penalties curb the madness jeopardizing our elections?
Bernie Sanders isn’t just anti-capitalist. Now he’s a voice against militarism, too.
Sanders has at last revealed himself to be an American leader articulating a new and largely peaceable foreign policy.
Federal Bureau of Prisons covered up visit to CIA torture site
With a looming Trump presidency, the ACLU and many others are gravely concerned with the President-elect’s remarks on the campaign trail regarding the reimplementation of torture.
The Man Who Drowned Democracy With ‘Sewer Money’
Today we can thank Justice Kennedy, who was either poorly informed or willfully ignorant, for turning American democracy into a stinking open sewer.
Major economic warning sign: The Euro is heading for parity with the U.S. Dollar
“As I have warned so many times, the coming crisis is going to hit Europe first, and the United States will join the party not too long after.”
Trump visits library of Congress, deems it a “good framework for something else”
He's excited about the opportunities available to a hard-charging mogul who just happens to be President of the United States as well.
Rampaging Debt Collectors are Committing Highway Robbery
Every year, the debt collection firms routinely abuse the law and overload our courts by rotely filing hundreds of thousands of lawsuits against debtors.
7 Million Graduates Not Paying Student Loans
In 2016, former students are being burdened by student loan debt stronger than ever before. It is time to make a change.
GMO Labeling Won’t Increase Food Prices
Sadly, the opponents of GMO labeling are making the same arguments made three decades ago to fight the Nutrition Facts Panel.