Victory for Democracy as Court Sides with Voters over 'Self-Dealing Legislators'
In a decision hailed as a “major victory for voters,” the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld an Arizona ballot initiative, adopted by voters in 2000, which took redistricting power away from elected politicians and gave it to a nonpartisan…
The 'Big No' Looms as Greek Clash with Troika Reaches Boiling Point
The Greek Central Bank (BOG) on Wednesday warned that if the country’s Syriza-led government and international creditors fail to reach a bailout deal, Greece would default and ultimately be forced to exit the European Union. The dire predictions of “uncontrollable…
Report: Extravagant CEO Pay Packages Are Fostering Planet's Destruction
Pay incentives for the chief executives of the biggest publicly-held fossil fuel companies in the U.S. are worsening climate change by encouraging recklessness from management teams and rewarding companies’ strongholds over oil, gas, and coal reserves, according to a new…
Don't look now: Hillary's back
Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE is…
A Nation Torn: Greece Grapples With 'Humiliating' Austerity Deal
“The scene in Athens is explosive,” King’s College London professor and Syriza central committee member Stathis Kouvelakis wrote for Jacobin Wednesday afternoon. Both in and outside of Greek Parliament, tensions are running high. A largely peaceful anti-austerity rally was disrupted…
White House Rejects Petition to Pardon Snowden
The White House on Tuesday formally rejected a ‘We the People’ petition to pardon Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower who has been living in exile since exposing the U.S. government’s invasive spying operation in 2013. More than…
Despite All Warnings and Delays, Shell Announces Arctic Drilling To Begin
Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday announced that it was all systems go and—despite all warnings and protest—would begin active drilling in the Arctic. Shell began shallow-water drilling in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea on July 30, but had to put further…
Reduced to Just 75 lbs, DOJ says Gitmo Hunger Striker "Not Sick" Enough for Hospitalization
The U.S. Department of Justice has argued to a federal judge that a hunger-striking Guantánamo inmate who weighs just 74 pounds “is not sick enough” to be hospitalized and that his petition for release must be rejected because, if granted,…
Report Refutes Mexican Government's Line on 43 Missing Students
Families are demanding justice after a report released Sunday by independent experts refuted the Mexican government’s official explanation for why 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero state disappeared last September. The government concluded in January that the students were detained by…
Droughts, Snowstorms, Heatwaves: NOAA Ties Much Extreme Weather in 2014 to Climate Change
Deadly cyclones in the Pacific. Deluges in Europe. Heat waves in numerous regions of the world. According to a far-reaching study released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), many of the specific extreme weather events that defined…