Domestic Workers Deserve Protection: Hold Diplomats Like Khobragade to Account
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was clearly mistreated by U.S. officers, but what about the abuse that migrant domestic workers live through every day?
Uruguay’s Legalization of Marijuana
CCTV interviews Sanho Tree, drug policy expert, on Uruguay’s “historic and counterintuitive” decision to be the first country in the world to legalize the production and sale of marijuana.
Vietnam War Created Middle East Activist
Phyllis Bennis traces her development from an active Zionist youth to a leading U.S. critic of Israel and international anti-war activist on The Real News.
Mandela’s Global Social Impact
Emira Woods speaks on the significance of Nelson Mandela’s passing on CCTV America: “The spirit of Mandela lives on, a spirit that continues to fight for justice.”
“Viva Mandela, Viva!”
The Institute for Policy Studies Mourns and Celebrates Nelson Mandela, Revolutionary Freedom Fighter
President Obama’s Words on Inequality Are “Not Enough,” Say Experts at Institute for Policy Studies
President Obama’s remarks this week on inequality and economic mobility are on the right track but need to be followed by action, said experts Sam Pizzigati, editor of Inequality.org and IPS Associate Fellow, and Chuck Collins, director of the Inequality and the Common Good project at IPS.
Fast Food Corporations “Exploiting Workers and Taxpayers”
Sarah Anderson, author of new report “Fast-food CEOs Rake in Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay,” reveals how taxpayers are funding both the bottom and top of the fast food industry on Democracy Now!
Fast Food CEOs Gorge on Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay
New report shows that while top fast food executives are fighting living wages for their workers, they’re benefiting from tax breaks on their own pay.
Fast Food CEOs Rake in Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay
A new report reveals that fast food companies are pocketing massive taxpayer subsidies for CEO pay while working to keep low-level workers’ wages so low that many must rely on public assistance.
The Rise of Diplomacy, Not Military Force, in U.S. Foreign Policy?
Could we be seeing the rising role of diplomacy instead of military force as the basis of U.S. foreign policy?
The West Lake Landfill: A Radioactive Legacy of the Nuclear Arms Race
The wastes in this disposal site come from the dawn of the nuclear age. It is a danger to workers and the surrounding community and should be removed and isolated.
Six of the Top Ten U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
The profits of corporate giants that crash our economy and corrupt our politics deserve your outrage. But the efforts to curb them need your creative energy.
What’s Hot and What’s Not at COP19 in Warsaw
As negotiations at the annual UN climate summit enter their final days, three participants weigh in on what’s hot – and what’s not – at COP19.
A flaw in California’s cap-and-trade plan
Cap-and-trade offsets with out-of-state or even foreign interests won’t help the state meet its goals.
Platinum-Plated Pensions
In the current budget debate, the loudest calls for Social Security cuts are coming from two lobby groups led by CEOs who will never have to worry about their own retirement security.