The UN’s Capitalistic Approach to Zika
The capitalistic notion on which the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are founded is leading to discrimination and unequal concentration of wealth and power, especially where health care is concerned.
Big Business Tax Breaks Crippling Chicago
For over 100 years the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has used the city's invaluable resources to make billions in profits while paying almost nothing in return.
7 Things Hillary Supporters Get Wrong About Sanders’ Voters
We need the spaces for discussion, online, on front porches and elsewhere, about how our people will again thrive.
In a Massive Intelligence Error, the U.S. Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helping Islamic State...
The problem with a mistake of this Himalayan proportions is that it will be extremely difficult in the aftermath to convince Syria that the US did not intentionally aid Daesh.
Stiglitz Speaks: Globalization’s Grand Failure, Apple & Bad Trade Deals
Why do so many policymakers in Europe and the United States continue to push globalization, despite the evidence?
Yuge Trickle-Down Economics
Trickle-down economics has proven itself a cruel hoax.
North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism Is Not a Crime
We will fight this charge. Freedom of the press is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. North Dakota, muzzle the dogs, not the press.
What Can You Possibly Buy for 47 Cents These Days?
Here's a reality the sloppy corporate media ignores: Our postal network costs taxpayers zero, for we consumers finance its operations by purchasing stamps and other services.
Syria Truce Holds, Offering Hopes for Delivery of Humanitarian Aid
There was little sign of political compromise, however, which is a bad sign for the future.
Robert Reich | Why Corporate Tax Deserters Shouldn’t Get the Benefits of Being American...
If corporations want to desert America in order to pay less in taxes, that’s their business. But they should no longer have the benefits that come with being American.