Much of the East Coast is still struggling to recover from the massive blizzard that slammed into hundreds of cities and towns from the Carolinas … From snowstorms to heat wavesRead more
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Give nature a chance
[ted id=994] – from ted.com Also give Palestine a chance to live.
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, where a general strike has been called to force incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power. Gbagbo has refused to step aside following … Ivory CoastRead more
100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million Americans
President Barack Obama has called runaway income inequality the “defining issue of our time.” The disparity between exploding corporate profits and stagnating paychecks fueled Bernie … 100 CEOs Have the Retirement Savings of 116 Million AmericansRead more
Drug industry mafia is the top defrauder
A new study by the watchdog group Public Citizen has found that the drug industry has become the biggest defrauder of the federal government, surpassing … Drug industry mafia is the top defrauderRead more
Money machine for those who control capital
Eliot Spitzer talking: Let me begin by saying that I think Senator Sanders was wrong in only one respect: it wasn’t that the Fed was … Money machine for those who control capitalRead more
Hokuriku manually re-shuts 540-MW reactor
Japanese utility Hokuriku Electric Power Co said it manually re-shut the 540-megawatt No.1 reactor at its sole Shika nuclear plant in northern Japan on Tuesday … Hokuriku manually re-shuts 540-MW reactorRead more
Deadly Medicine
200,000 people dying yearly from prescription drugs Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly conducting clinical trials for new drugs outside the United States, usually in countries where … Deadly MedicineRead more
Racism is an excuse used for capitalism
On December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided Fred Hampton’s apartment, shot and killed him in his bed. He was just 21 years old. Black Panther … Racism is an excuse used for capitalismRead more
Door Revolves
A decade ago, a former Treasury secretary, Robert E. Rubin, left the Clinton administration to become a senior adviser and board member at Citigroup — … Door RevolvesRead more