Tag: doug hughes
A Letter Carrier’s Special Delivery to Congress
Doug Hughes might have been the delivery carrier when he landed his gyrocopter on the U.S. Capitol lawn, but the great majority of Americans are totally on board with his message and his bold effort to shake up and shape up Congress.
DC Gyrocopter Pilot Remains Defiant After Indicted on Federal Charges
After Doug Hughes landed his gyrocopter on Capitol Hill last month in an attempt to spread public awareness regarding dark money, the Florida postal worker faces a prison sentence for his nonviolent protest against rampant political greed. Where's our freedom of speech?
Special Delivery for the Plutocrats
Spending by outside groups exploded from about $15 million in 1998 to more than $1 billion in 2012. And between the Clinton coffers and Koch cash, the crisis will get far worse as the 2016 presidential-election season heats up. Doug Hughes hopes to help change this.
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The Buffalo massacre and the mainstreaming of the Great Replacement Theory
Like an untreated wound, the Great Replacement Theory is being allowed to fester and is poisoning minds.
Analysis: 26 US billionaires paid average tax rate of just 4.8% in recent years
"When you include their untaxed wealth growth in the calculation, many billionaires pay almost nothing," said Frank Clemente of Americans for Tax Fairness.
Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?
As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.
Exxon doubles down on ‘advanced recycling’ claims that yield few results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
Does Flint, Michigan, have clean water yet? The answer is complicated.
Even if the city has clean water, many people still struggle to accept that they’re being told the truth this time.