New Wall Street Bubble Putting The Hurt On Workers
Across America, CEOs are using stock buybacks to boost share prices and their own pay at the expense of regular workers employed by their corporations.
Bernie Sanders Proposes Major Federal Reserve Reform
Bernie Sanders has launched a major reform proposal which can be fairly called a full-frontal assault on the Federal Reserve.
JPMorgan To Pay Over $450 Million For Screwing Clients And Investors
JPMorgan will pay one massive fine for a conflict of interest over its money management firms, and another to settle a lawsuit over the London “fail whale.”
Bernie Sanders Wins Endorsements From CWA And DFA; DNC Attacks
After Bernie Sanders netted two important endorsements, the Democratic Party establishment accused his team of improper access to digital campaign records.
India Announces Plans To Double Coal Output After Paris Agreement
It looks like former NASA scientist James Hansen was on to something when he called the Paris climate agreement, known as COP21, a bullsh*t PR exercise.
Climate Deal Reached In Paris; US Congress To Oppose
On Saturday, representatives of 196 nations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) approved an agreement that would cut greenhouse gas/carbon emissions in order to limit the rise of the global average temperature in the 21st century to below 2 degrees centigrade. Under the agreement, carbon emissions would
Thank Neoliberalism: Middle Class No Longer The Majority In America
As inequality gradually worsened there have been attempts to redefine the middle class or deny its imminent destruction. But now there can be little doubt.
Time For Reader-Supported Journalism
The truth is, if you want to see the kind of journalism you like, you are going to have to get used to paying something for it.
Greenpeace Sting Shows Academics Selling Themselves To Polluters
An undercover investigation by Greenpeace revealed that US scientists would write research papers for polluters and carbon emitters in exchange for money.
JPMorgan Had ‘Sons And Daughters’ Hiring Program For Chinese Elite
JPMorgan is already under investigation for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), but the WSJ claims there are further crimes.