Time to Tax Financial Speculation
For those of us who want the financial industry to serve people and the planet rather than dominate them, this is the most exciting reform under serious consideration on the world stage.
U.S. Glass
American pride! (Made in China).
As Death Nears, Be Prepared to Suffer
For those whose life has simply grown unlivable, help is in order.
Seeing China from the New World Trade Center
There should be a stiff tariff on all subsidized glass coming from China.
Bitter Chocolate
Let’s sweeten it for everyone by helping stamp out child slavery and other abusive labor conditions.
Wall Street Gets It
They’d keep laughing all the way to the bank, except they are the bank.
A Worthy Goal: Feeding all our Children
The Obama administration has pledged to end child hunger in America by 2015.
Save Winter: Stop Tar Sands
Oil sands are now Canada’s fastest-growing source of global warming pollution.
The Kids are All Right
Millennials aren’t taking to the streets as often as their predecessors, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t paying attention.
New American Crisis
This could mark the end of the American experiment in self-government.
Boondoggle Sidetracks Crops for Renewable Energy
The government should be strategic with biomass crops instead of just throwing money at the problem.
Let’s Pretend to Do Something about Climate Change
What we need now is a serious incentive to pollute less.
Selling a City’s Soul, for Chicken Feed
The company’s graffiti is an act of crass commercialism.
Next, We’ll Sell Senate Seats to Exxon Mobil and AT&T
Our democracy has been in decline for some time but this decision closes the books on it.
Record Bank Profits and the American Dream Foreclosed
Washington is refusing to make the banks eat the debt bubble they created.