US Wealthy Have Biggest Piece of Pie Ever Recorded: Report
U.S. inequality is at a record high, a new analysis shows.Click Here: cheap all stars rugby jersey The income gap between the wealthy 1% (families with incomes above $394,000 in…
Climate Expert Slams Australian PM, Other Leaders for 'Willful Blindness' Over Climate Change
Recently elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and other climate change-denying politicians should be charged with “criminal negligence” for their “willful blindness,” climate expert and environmental activist David Suzuki stated…
New Law in Turkey Criminalizes Protests Before They Happen
Turkish police can now legally arrest and detain people they deem at "risk of conducting a protest" without court orders or oversight of any kind, prompting concerns about deepening police…
Democracy Under Threat as Media Giants Gobble Up Local TV: Study
In a new wave of rapid media consolidation, large and unaccountable telecommunication corporations are gobbling up local television stations nationwide, according to a new study, devouring the interests of communities…
Super Typhoon's Landfall Was Most Powerful… Ever
Super Typhoon Haiyan slammed the central islands of the Phillipines overnight and with sustained winds of nearly 200 mph the ferocious storm fulfilled fears that it would go down as…
As Farm Bill Talks Resume, Who Will Fight for the Nation's Hungry?
Congressional talks will resume on Wednesday over a Farm Bill that has languished without resolution in both chambers since last year. And while Republicans have continued to attack the Supplemental…
'Fight Far From Over' After First Nation Loses Bid to Stop Fracking in New Brunswick
First Nations anti-fracking protestors have vowed to regroup and continue the wave of resistance after losing their legal big on Monday to stop shale gas exploration on their land in…
Argentine Protesters vs Monsanto: “The Monster is Right on Top of Us”
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS, Córdoba, Argentina - The people of this working-class suburb of Córdoba in Argentina’s central farming belt stoically put up with the spraying of the weed-killer glyphosate on the…
'Historic': US Scholars Stand with Palestinians in Boycott of Israel
An association of 5,000 academics on Monday became the largest U.S. scholarly organization ever to join the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The American Studies Association, which calls itself "the…
Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn’t Actually Support His Ruling
In a new decision in support of the NSA's phone metadata surveillance program, U.S. district court Judge William Pauley cites an intelligence failure involving the agency in the lead-up to…
Fashion Backward: Cambodian Government Silences Garment Workers
PHNOM PENH - “Cambodian garment workers have two handcuffs and one weapon [against them]. One handcuff is a short-term contract [10 hours a day, six days a week]. Even if…
Four champion vs. champion matches set for WWE Survivor Series
Champions from Raw and SmackDown will face off at next month's Survivor Series pay-per-view. WWE has announced four non-title champion vs. champion matches for this year's Survivor Series. They will…