Wells Fargo Caught in Scheme to Steal Millions from Customers
This scam supposedly began in 2011 and for the last five years, roughly 1.5 million deposit accounts and 65,000 credit-card accounts were created.
Nearly 500 More U.S. Troops Sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack in Advance of...
“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”
Monsanto and the Poisonous Cartel of GMOs in India
For more than a decade and a half, Monsanto has extracted illegal royalties from Indian farmers, trapping them in debt and triggering an epidemic of farmers' suicides.
Greasing the Outstretched Palms of the Candidates
Two reports underline the suffocating influence of corporate America on politics and the tricks banks play on taxpayers.
Radical Momentum: Two Complementary Visions for the Future of Black Lives Matter
It’s not enough for those of us on the left to be perennial critics. We must be brave enough put forward our ideas
Matt Lauer Ignores Trump’s Lies
NBC host didn’t challenge Trump’s false claims about Iraq and Libya.
NBC’s Presidential Forum Continued the Shameful Corporate Coverage of the Great American Meltdown
It was a low, wretched performance, by the network and both candidates, full of fluff and posturing and Alice in Wonderland statements of policy along with an almost complete derogation of authority by the anchors.
Bombs Away!
Perhaps this September 11th, it’s finally time for Americans to begin to focus on our endless air war in the Greater Middle East, our very own disastrous Fifteen Years’ War.
Elizabeth Warren’s Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
Warren warns that ISDS provisions in the TPP overturn the well-established legal systems of developed countries in favor of corporate profits, and are a threat to the rule of law and U.S. democratic institutions.
Whether Sauds, in Effect, Own the U.S. Government
“A dollar paid by a member of the Saudi royal family (or any other foreigner) smells just as sweet to a U.S. Government official as does a dollar paid by an American, especially in the current era of untraceable offshore accounts.”