| Oct 28, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyWhen five Supreme Court justices decreed that corporations are entitled to full free speech rights in our elections and that corporate money is a form of speech that can’t be restricted, they produced a nightmare tsunami of corporate cash that is now drowning...
| Sep 17, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyOne of the many privileges of living in a democracy is the ability of each of us to have an equal say about how we are governed. Through elections, our lawmakers can be held accountable for how well they fight for the interests of the people they represent. In theory,...
| Jun 11, 2014 | Economy / BusinessFast-food workers in hundreds of cities across the country and the world went on strike in mid-May to demand higher pay and better working conditions. These workers targeted the richest and most powerful fast-food corporations such as McDonald’s and Burger King....
| Apr 30, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyHere we are, 150 years after President Abraham’s Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg. Now, our democracy is imperiled not by guns and bullets, but by the greed of the rich. The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the McCutcheon v. FEC case struck down...
