| Jan 29, 2014 | Environment / HealthDo you care about having access to local and sustainably produced food or protecting your drinking water? Are you concerned about corporate influence distorting our elections? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you should be worried about legislation...
| Dec 27, 2013 | Economy / BusinessTwenty years after it took effect, NAFTA has failed the vast majority of Mexicans. Of course, hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs have vanished since automotive and tech companies moved their production across the border in search of much lower wages. This was supposed...
| Dec 4, 2013 | Economy / BusinessNAFTA. CAFTA-DR. TPP. TTIP. That numbing spoonful of alphabet soup represents four so-called free trade pacts that benefit global capital at the expense of everyone else. The North American Free Trade Agreement came first, and NAFTA will soon mark its 20th...
| Nov 20, 2013 | Economy / BusinessPondering America’s economic system is a bit like going to the mechanic with your old heap and being told there’s nothing more he can do. It’s time for a new economy, but we’re going to keep our clunker economy that persists only because so...
| Sep 25, 2013 | Economy / BusinessAs our jobs And pay degrade, Moguls smirk And tout “Free Trade” It’s no wonder President Barack Obama refuses to let Americans see those two new trade deals he’s negotiating. Neither the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nor the Transatlantic Trade and...
