New research appears to confirm what Black Lives Matter activists and abolitionist organizers have said for years: There is a crisis of police-perpetrated killings in the United States that has gone underreported for decades, and people of color (and Blac ...[
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In the last few days, the U.S. government census figures have revealed that 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty or are struggling to live on low incomes. And we know that the financial hardships faced by our neighbors, colleagues, and others in our ...[
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A recent article regarding the National Security Agency ...[
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US pharmaceutical companies get creative when it comes to disorders and drugs to treat almost anything, from canine depression to female sexual dysfunction.
The American drug trade is a multi-billion-dollar business, and is only getting bigger. Meanwhile ...[
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SOPA would have cost private companies a lot of time and money since it made them responsible to police their entire user base. On the other hand, CISPA gives companies unprecedented power against you, zero legal risk and no cost. No wonder they (IBM, Fac ...[
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A new video shows Anastacio Hernadez-Rojas lying on the ground in the fetal position, circled by at least a dozen federal agents as one repeatedly shocks him with an electric stun gun.
The video was shot by a passer-by and was obtained by the lawyer for ...[
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Canada's biggest banks accepted tens of billions in government funds during the recession, according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Canada's banking system is often lauded for being one of the world's safest. B ...[
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Wall Street banks have silently been taking over the majority shares of ammunition, warfare equipment manufacturers and mercenary armies ('private security contractors') like Blackwater.
A Daily KOs article reveals that Wall Street banks have used privat ...[
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Over 700 students have been arrested in Canada during the latest night of rallies against tuition fee hikes and the adoption of controversial bill that is widely seen as a tool to limit freedom of speech, association and assembly.
Police in Montreal disp ...[
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New reports have spotlighted the role of the West, Israel and some Middle Eastern countries in fanning the flames of the bloody unrest in Syria.
According Syrian sources, Israeli airplanes are smuggling weapons into Iraq's Kurdistan region, which are th ...[
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