Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is resigning his seat in order to become head of the Heritage Foundation. Though he didn’t say so,
Category: Corporations
Chicago’s undemocratic, corrupt, parking-privatization nightmare
This year I spent the holidays in Chicago where I once lived for two decades. When I left Chicago in 2000, parking meters cost
Corporate pork: the secret ingredient in the fiscal-cliff recipe
Once upon a time, a President or Congressional leader trying to get a bill passed would use earmarks—also known as “pork”—to buy votes from
You may have to say goodbye to free online news
Many of us have become accustomed to, perhaps spoiled by, the presence of free news on the internet. This is particularly so when the
Fast food and big-box workers demand a living wage
On November 23, Black Friday, workers in thousands of Walmart stores went on strike for higher wages and better benefits. On November 29, in
5 plutocracy-busting ideas from America’s progressive history
The biggest difference between today’s super-rich capitalists and the robber barons [a much more descriptive term] of a hundred years ago appears to be
Agribusiness: worst way to feed the world
If you want to know the real story about what you eat, check out the website for “Food MythBusters.” Here’s what Food MythBusters is
Francis Moore Lappe: GM foods not safe
On Octobert 23, Renee Shur wrote an in-depth post on California’s Prop 37 and the fight to label GMOs (genetically modified organisms). You can
Wackiest ballot measures of 2012
Who says voting can’t be entertaining? Here are some of the more unusual ballot measures that will be slowing up the already long-enough lines