| Jul 1, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe global economy is collapsing. When the pandemic began, experts at the International Monetary Fund predicted that we would see the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. This week, they announced that it will be even worse than they thought. This...
| Jun 2, 2015 | Economy / BusinessSenator Chuck Schumer, a leader of the corporate wing of congressional Democrats and heir apparent to outgoing Minority Leader Harry Reid, never met a global trade deal too ugly to hug. So when he says, “This is really troubling,” you know his eyes have...
| Jun 11, 2012 | Environment / HealthA tribunal in Washington, D.C. that nobody elected recently issued a verdict that potentially hinders the democratic rights of millions of people. Its three members ruled that a foreign company may continue to sue El Salvador for not letting the company mine gold...
| Apr 6, 2010 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Government Accountability Project (GAP) has filed a complaint with the Washington, DC Bar Association against Suzanne Folsom, who served as director of the World Bank’s Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) from 2006 to 2008. The complaint reveals...