By Steve Wamhoff, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy -
A direct federal tax on wealth, as described in a January report from ITEP and proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, could raise substantial revenue to make public investments, curb rising [...]
Those fitting the national security state's classification of “illegal alien” are subjected to violent administrative detention processes and a myriad of enforcement procedures intended to [...]
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Communications and Technology is expected to hold a markup and vote on the Save the Internet Act (HR 1644) as soon as next week. Internet [...]
By Staff, Campaign to End Sanctions Against Venezuela -
Using the hashtags, #SanctionsAreWar & #EndVenezuelaSanctions, we are asking people to take a selfie or group photo, and send it with a short message urging an end to the destructive and [...]
On June 16, Debbie Africa of Philadelphia’s MOVE 9 was granted parole just two months before the 40th anniversary of the brutal police attack carried out at the MOVE headquarters. This decision [...]
Treasurer José Cisneros announced today the 16 members of the Municipal Bank Feasibility Task Force. The formation of the Task Force was recommended by the Board of Supervisors to identify and [...]
By Staff for Associated Press. Manning's second public appearance since being released from a military prison in May.
"I believe I did the best I could in my circumstances to make an ethical [...]
By Staff for Telesur. Starting in 1999, the United States has increasingly lost the ability it once had to determine policy in Latin America.
The Bolivarian Revolution that began in Venezuela [...]
This has been a tumultuous time for health care in the United States,. The Affordable Care Act has plateaued in the number of people that it covers, leaving 29 million out altogether and tens of [...]
By Staff, www.http://societyofnativenations.org/ -
By Staff of Two Rivers Camp - Stop Trans Pecos Pipeline - All people coming to Two Rivers Camp, ONCE AGAIN there is "NO alcohol, weapons or DRUGS" allowed at camp and that means "Marijana" in [...]
By Morris Pearl for Other Words. When Trump’s nominees are sworn in, they’ll need to unload any assets that pose a conflict of interest with their new positions. But due to an obscure tax [...]
By Staff for Agency France Press. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former US soldier Chelsea [...]
,By Victor Grossman, www.theleftberlin.wordpress.com -
By Victor Grossman for The Left Berlin - Hit that old song again, loud and clear! “Over there, over there, Send the word, send the word, That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming…” Yes, [...]
By Gilbert Achcar for Jadaliyya. What started in the Arab region in 2011 actually is a long-term revolutionary process which, from the beginning it was possible to predict, would take many years, [...]
By Julia Craven for The Huffington Post - A damning report from the Justice Department found that the Baltimore Police Department routinely used excessive force, retaliated against citizens for [...]