Seventh Amendment? Yeah, right — That’s so quaint! Being wronged by a corporation is painful enough, but just try getting your day in court. Most Americans don’t realize it, but our Seventh Amendment right to a fair jury trial against corporate wrongdoers has quietly been [more...]
More business-friendly environment sought Most Americans would agree that a split of the union would be disastrous. But another way to see it — as the newly formed “National Chamber of Commerce” does — is that disasters can spell opportunity. For example, a brand new [more...]
Groups Launch National Initiative to Help Americans Take Action on Genetically Engineered Foods (GMOs) A new coalition, focused on the right to know whether or not foods are genetically engineered, today denounced the millions of dollars poured into anti-Prop 37 efforts by major corporations. The [more...]
Warning: If the election goes as planned, something terrible may happen Oh my God!!!!!! Oh my God!!!!!!! Stop the presses! This is too big … Somehow, some way, we’ve got to stop the election. I’ve just discovered something … something terrible! Something you won’t believe. [more...]
As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless decree in the now-infamous Citizens United case. That rank political power play by five black-robed judicial partisans [more...]
Who are the real freeloaders when it comes to paying taxes? By Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News Since I pinned a dollar bill on my jacket lapel with “I PAY MORE” written on it in black marker, I’ve had countless conversations during my travels across [more...]
Seen & Heard on the Web: “The American People Are Angry” — A speech by Senator Bernie Sanders The American people are angry. They are angry that they are being forced to live through the worst recession in our lifetimes — with sky-high unemployment, with [more...]
Leave it to Bill Moyers, one of America’s most useful citizens, to sum up our country’s present political plight regarding elections and Super PACs in a succinct metaphor: “Our elections have replaced horse racing as the sport of kings. These kings are multi-billionaire corporate moguls [more...]
Mission statements are a modern attempt to give meaning and a face to a corporation’s work in its never ending pursuit of profits. They are a statement on a business’s real intents and purposes. Supposedly. The problem is that the face it makes is lopsided [more...]
Dozens of rogue “delegates” disrupt Trans-Pacific Partnership gala with “award,” “mic check,” mass toilet paper replacement (video) Two dozen rogue “delegates” disrupted the corporate-sponsored welcome gala for the high-stakes Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations yesterday with a fake award ceremony and “mic check.” Other activists, [more...]