What’s a derivative? The word “derivative” may ring a bell because Wall Street speculation in “innovative financial instruments” such as derivatives, helped tank the economy
Author: Madonna Gauding
Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.
Solar (Freakin’) Roadways!
Global warming and its effect on climate change is real, and it’s frightening. While our political and corporate classes are joined at the hip and still
Why is Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated in secret?
Answer: Because the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not really a free trade agreement. It’s Obama’s parting gift to the 1%—a global, corporate Trojan
NYT Editorial Board ignores US role in destabilizing Ukraine
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, The Editorial Board of the New York Times penned an opinion piece on Ukraine—“Not Getting Through to Mr. Putin.”
Countering Washington’s false narratives on Ukraine
The lies spewing forth from the mainstream media about the US backed coup in Ukraine remind me of the run up to the Iraq
Scientific study concludes US is an oligarchy, not a democracy
We are so close to losing our democracy to the mercenary class, it’s as if we are leaning way over the rim of
U.S. corporations stashing $2 trillion in profits offshore
According to Huffington Post, corporations are keeping $2 trillion in offshore profits to avoid paying taxes. One of the many ways corporations enrich themselves is by
Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?
Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say
Corporate interests behind U.S. backed coup in Ukraine
JP Sottile is a freelance journalist and former news producer in Washington , D.C. In a piece for Consortium News, “Corporate Interests Behind the
America’s not-so “Golden Age” (1945-1971)
The financial meltdown of 2008 prompted many of us to look back to the decades after WWII for guidance—when Glass-Steagall kept banks in check,