The Supreme Court this week halted President Obama’splan for restricting emissions from coal-fired power plants, one of the president’s signature initiatives. The court’s decision functions like a stop-work order. States had been creating draft plans … Continue reading Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the Paris Climate Deal? Maybe. We Explain.

On Wednesday, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton urged state legislators to consider increasing the penalty for resisting arrest from a misdemeanor to a felony. The change, he argued, would help New Yorkers “get … Continue reading NYPD Has a Plan to Magically Turn Anyone It Wants Into a Felon 

A CIA Agent teaches you how to escape should you ever find your hands duct taped. Source: CIA Agent Teaches How To Escape Duct Tape Handcuffs Continue reading CIA Agent Teaches How To Escape Duct Tape Handcuffs

India has banned Facebook’s Free Basics and other services that enable carriers to charge differential pricing for different kinds of data. More significantly, this means Facebook’s “free Internet” initiative is also banned. … Continue reading India says yes to net neutrality, no to Facebook’s Free Basics

Neoliberal and Neoliberalism are words we don’t hear that often in the U.S. mainstream media, they are heard more often in academia and more progressive journalistic outfits. What neoliberalism refers to is … Continue reading Naomi Klein on Global Neoliberalism

Exactly what is this caucus stuff?  And where does the word “caucus” come from anyway? Well, for its origin, from the Online Etymology Dictionary: caucus (n.) “private meeting of party leaders,” 1763, American English … Continue reading How a caucus works, as explained with gummy bears

With public sentiment overwhelmingly for the legalization of marijuana, it’s time to take a look at the myths surrounding the legalization of marijuana that just don’t seem to go away. Source: 6 … Continue reading 6 dangerous myths about legalizing marijuana that just won’t die

Fascinating 5 min video that shows that power money has on politics. It shows that even when people get into politics to do the right thing, the system takes over in the … Continue reading Elizabeth Warren on Hillary Clinton (2004)

At this time (January 29, 2016), we consist of four founding members: Gary Aguirre William Black Richard Bowen Michael Winston Our bios are listed at the end of this post. We share a number of common experiences. They explain why we came together to try to implement real reform. Source: The Bank … Continue reading The Bank Whistleblowers United – Who are We, and Why are We Trying to Help Implement Real Banking Reform?

The Bernie Sanders campaign is in the doghouse with the most powerful union of a key battleground state. Source: Sanders campaign just crossed Nevada’s most powerful union | MSNBC Continue reading Sanders campaign just crossed Nevada’s most powerful union

A bigger concern is that a Chinese owner might choose to restrict—or be compelled to restrict—the use of sensitive images internationally. That would amount to, in effect, China’s censorship affecting a global … Continue reading Bill Gates sold rights to the Tiananmen Square pictures to a Chinese company

This chart shows us how, over the last couple of decades, 37 banks have became just 4 mega-banks. The article is legit, but the website is a disaster, filled with ads on … Continue reading How 37 Banks Became 4 In Just 2 Decades, All In One Astonishing Chart