Yearly Archives: 2016
The 500 richest people in the world got $237 billion richer in 2016
Everything’s bigger in Richistan.
Trump’s EPA pick rouses suspicions over ties to Koch Brothers
Trump's appointment of Pruitt was met with unprecedented criticism by environmental and health organizations nationwide, being described as a "puppet" of the fossil fuel industry.
It can‘t happen here?
This Neo-Con globalization has destroyed what the politicians from both empire political parties like to label ‘The Middle Class.’
Get the fossil fuels out of climate policymaking
Take action today and sign the petition to create a "precedent-setting treaty mechanism" to get a behemoth industry out of the way. Help us save the planet!
Pledge to buy non-GMO
Have you ever asked yourself why our food is being produced and modified by the biotech industry?
Bernie Sanders: The Democracy Now! interview
“It’s not about you. It’s about the future of this planet. It’s about your kids and your grandchildren. It is about American democracy. It is about some very fundamental issues. And nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say I give up.“
The plant-based solution to hunger
Poverty, malnutrition, and hunger are a result of politics, not scarcity.
There were 61 victims of gun violence in Chicago during Christmas weekend
The number of homicides in the city skyrocketed this year.
Trump’s treasury pick excelled at kicking elderly people out of their homes
When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures.
Congressman arrested for domestic abuse and aiming gun at wife
Corley was charged with first-degree domestic violence and pointing a firearm at another person.