Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director announces resignation
Richard Cordray has become the latest high-ranking U.S. official to step aside in frustration with the Trump administration.
Trump’s climate COP-out and the movement it has unleashed
The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is a catastrophe, but it has inspired a whirlwind of bottom-up climate activism.
Trump administration attempts to delay findings on pesticides
Is the pesticide industry running Trump's EPA?
Trump Jr admits corresponding with Wikileaks during campaign
Trump officials have repeatedly denied colluding with Wikileaks and the Russian government, but evidence to the contrary continues to surface.
Hundreds of protesters shut out as the Trump admin. gives fossil fuels industry the...
Representatives from fossil fuels companies were invited to speak on a panel alongside White House officials.
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett own more wealth than bottom half of...
IPS's Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie know it is not a “natural phenomenon” how the rich got rich at the expense of the rest of the population.
Why we need to confront the billionaires’ paradise
It’s time to “strike back” – not against wealthy individuals, but against oligarchy itself.
The Saudi purge shaking the Middle East
The seeming power grab consolidates all the major security forces and the military in the hands of the current King Salman and his son, the 32 year old Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.
Patriotism, taxes, and Trump
The Republican tax plan will make things worse by burdening the middle class and the poor even more.
Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot
The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.