This week marked the 65 th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was drafted by a commission of the United Nations that was chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt. The ...

The social safety nets in the United States of America are broken. Unemployment insurance pays out billions of dollars to people who are ineligible for benefits; millions of dollars are incorrectly

While the news about climate change seems to get worse every day, the rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march

In recent years there has been a global awakening of people understanding that big finance capitalism's neo-liberal model of privatization and corporatization while defunding public programs and ...

We all know the conspiracy theories - the government's plan for 911, the second gunman who shot JFK, the evolution of the elite from a race of blood-drinking, shape-shifting lizards. But the people

After the D.C. District Court found the NSA's record collection program unconstitutional just last week, we are obviously disappointed and disagree with Judge Wiliam H. Pauley's decision in ACLU v ...

OTTAWA-The tiny Green Party caucus has just doubled in size, with the announcement that former NDP MP Bruce Hyer is teaming up to sit as a Green in the Commons, beside leader Elizabeth May. Hyer ...

According to the economic consultancy Cebr's World Economic League Table (WELT) China's GDP will overtake the US in 2028 to become the world's largest economy - much later than some analysts have ...

Nick Couch describes Free Desk Here--his new service linking people who want a change of scenery with people who have desks to spare--as a "physical LinkedIn." It's a way for people to meet new ...

Tonight on Twitter, activists from around the world will begin attempting to create a twitterstorm in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The opposition is coming from activists on ...