Goldman Sachs seeks to silence critical Fla. blogger
Mike Morgan, a registered investment advisor in Florida's Jensen Beach community, is angry over the role the investment bank Goldman Sachs and its executives played in the current global economic crisis while collecting more than $12 billion in bailout money from U.S. taxpayers. As an outlet for his ire, Morgan launched a website last month titled 'Info, Comments, Opinions and Facts About Goldman Sachs.'
Fending off the mortgage industry: Savvy activists are winning in court and on the streets
Before she was evicted from her own home, Kendra Washington took a walk around her Detroit neighborhood. She found an empty home and decided to squat with her two children. “I refused to get my kids put out on the street,” said the single mother who moved into a vacant Housing and Urban Development house.
Insurers fight health care reform with dirty tricks, but public supports Obama plan
More proof out this week that the insurance industry’s sweet words for health care reform are dripping with hypocrisy. America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which has been pushing a sham health care reform campaign masquerading as a grassroots initiative, now seems to be using dirty tricks and outright falsehoods in an attempt to keep some of their most profitable programs.
Reading the tea leaves
After decades of increased power and sway, the ultra-right wing of the Republican Party is not accustomed to having to serve as the 'loyal opposition.' (In fact, I don't think they fully understand the term — as the hysteria being whipped up by the radio shock-jocks and squawking heads at Fox is far from loyal, and their disorganized attempts to create an AstroTurf uproar barely qualifies as opposition.)
Tax Day rallies cry Tax the Rich!
“Tax Day” rallies were staged at post offices across the nation demanding that Congress enact President Obama’s 2010 budget which includes tax reforms that would close loopholes that enable corporations to escape billions in taxes each year.
Some good, most just okay, others not so much on American Idol
There’s always that one song that complements a good movie. The seven remaining American Idol contestants brought some of those songs back to life Tuesday night with this week's theme of choosing hit soundtrack tunes straight from the big screen.
Greening the economic stimulus
When most people think of President Obama's economic stimulus package, they think of new federal investments for infrastructure projects like building roads, renovating bridges, reconstructing railways or re-paving airport runways. But there is more to it than that.
The Marx of a good RSO
Students who feel crushed by capitalism can find their utopia in the open embrace of the Marxist Student Union, a Registered Student Organization, at The University of Memphis.
Art exhibit illustrates horrors of Iraq occupation
HOUSTON - Upon entering The Station Museum of Contemporary Art on the edge of the city’s downtown to view the exhibition “Iraqi Artists in Exile,” I was hit with the questions “How do we justify the destruction of a country and her people? What do we say?” This wonderful museum is renowned for its thought provoking exhibitions. This phenomenal exhibition has not been placed at any other museum in the United States due to its controversial nature. The exhibition evokes feelings of what oppressed people around the world are experiencing.
Resurrection of Intolerance
The fanatic right-wing, after taking a few days off to catch their breath, is back again with a vengeance.
