We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel project Dragonfly, Google’s effort to create a censored search engine for the Chinese market that enables state … Continue reading We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly.

The U.S. could follow Sweden’s example to solve its problems with the welfare state, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. Greenspan, who argues in his latest book that the growth of spending … Continue reading Alan Greenspan Says Look to Sweden to Solve U.S. Entitlement Problem

Since ancient times, societies have tended to polarize between creditors and debtors, but this tendency can and must be reversed. Historical documents from Sumer, Babylonia, Greece and Rome through Byzantium provide a … Continue reading Breaking the Chains of Debt: Lessons from Babylonia for Today’s Student Crisis

Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe went on strike on Black Friday in protest over working conditions at Amazon warehouses. Spanish newspaper El Confidencial reported that Amazon met with police officials after … Continue reading Amazon asked Spanish police to intervene in warehouse strike

At a time when many Americans are distracted on a long holiday weekend, the Trump administration released a federally mandated report on climate change that delivers a dire warning about climate change … Continue reading Climate change will shrink US economy and kill thousands, government report warns

The Sunrise Movement, a group of young environmental activists that organize throughout the United States, caused a stir last week when more than 150 of its members staged a sit-in at House … Continue reading The climate activists who got arrested at Nancy Pelosi’s office are just getting started 

“One of the questions I am asked most frequently in my global travels is what will be the cause of the next financial crisis… My answer is always the same: We can … Continue reading A new loan crisis is forming and it’s in student loan debt

By their own metrics, classical economists have failed to deliver on the promises they made back in the 1970s and 80s. And we have the charts to prove it. “Neoliberalism”, the concept … Continue reading Neoliberalism Doesn’t Work. And We Can Prove It

Ohio lawmakers are considering sweeping laws banning abortion, as well as capital punishment for abortion patients and providers. I guess they are hoping to try out this new Supreme Court. Source: Ohio … Continue reading Ohio legislature considers abortion bans punishable by death penalty

The state of California did everything that they could to protect themselves from corporate vultures hoping to pillage their protected public lands, but a US district judge has put an end to … Continue reading Corporate Judges Just Opened Up California’s Protected Lands For Corporate Vultures

What happened? On Nov. 11, 2018, a little after 4 a.m., a police officer responding to a report of gunfire at a suburban bar shot and killed 26-year-old Jemel Roberson, a security guard … Continue reading Jemel Roberson’s avoidable death: Reform deadly force laws, require police to de-escalate

  The US will have spent nearly $6 trillion on the war on terror by October 2019, a new report says, as the human cost of the war continues rising. Think about … Continue reading The ‘war on terror’ has cost the US nearly $6 trillion – Business Insider