Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
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HSBC is the New Poster Child for Our Two-Tiered Justice System
The U.S. is the world's largest prison state. But not everyone is subjected to that system of penal harshness.
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Your Public Bus Conversations Are Being Recorded
Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses.
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Nuclear Testing Continues Despite U.S. Promises, World Yawns
The U.S. has conducted a nuclear weapons test, a violation of the test ban treaty.
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5 Enemies of a Decent Middle Class Existence in the U.S.
Conservatives and the wealthy have taught too many Americans to hate their own government and not the parasite industries destroying the middle class.
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Chronicle of a Mexico Without a President
In Mexico, December 1, 2012, will be remembered as the day that an imposition was legitimized.
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How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation's Water Supply
Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 locations across the country.
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Climate Change and the Unrestrained Elite
Neoliberalism is not the root of the problem: it is the ideology used to justify a global grab of power, public assets and natural resources by an unrestrained elite.
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Employee-Owned Businesses Ignored by Mainstream Media
A bold new threat to the economic status quo brings on a press blackout.
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5 Unbelievably Creepy Surveillance Tactics
They could be ripped from the plot of a sci-fi movie.
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The Senate Report on CIA Interrogations You May Never See
The Senate intelligence committee is set to vote on the results of its investigation into detention and interrogation at the CIA.