City votes $13 minimum wage – now seeks exceptions
‘No longer sustainable’: Change would affect 30 employees, save $40,000.
Our Crazy-Making Economy’s Endgame: Festering Frustration Seeking an Outlet
The consequence of policies that exacerbate injustice, inequality and double-bind demands is a madness that will find a social and economic outlet somewhere, sometime. We all know crazy-makers: people who make contradictory claims about reality, who say one thing and…
Our Crazy-Making Economy’s Endgame: Festering Frustration Seeking an Outlet
The consequence of policies that exacerbate injustice, inequality and double-bind demands is a madness that will find a social and economic outlet somewhere, sometime. We all know crazy-makers: people who make contradictory claims about reality, who say one thing and…
This guy’s homemade hoverboard flight set a Guinness World Record
Video shows Catalin Alexandru Duru setting a Guinness World Record for longest hoverboard flight by traveling almost a thousand feet.
Senate blocks House surveillance bill, 2-month extension
“My filibuster continues to end NSA illegal spying,” Rand Paul declared.
Virginia Cop Resigns After Tasering and Pepper Spraying Man Having Medical Emergency
A Virginia cop tasered a man sitting in the driver’s seat of his car, following it with a ten-second blast of pepper spray into the man’s face.
Cleveland Officer Found Not Guilty in the Shooting Deaths of Two Unarmed Suspects
Community and city leaders braced for the possibility of unrest in response to the verdict.
Facebook status updates indicates whether a user is narcissistic or neurotic, research finds
Study examined more than 500 surveys from Facebook users.
Peru Orders Troops Into Mining Region After Pro-Farmer Protests
Protesters concerned new open-pit mine project will pollute local streams and damage crops.
Pentagon plans long-range missile defense radar in Alaska
Would help the U.S. missile defense system better discern potential enemy missiles launched by Iran or North Korea.
March against Monsanto: World rallies in protest
Campaigners are urging those who can’t attend one of the marches around the globe, to make their own protest by buying local organic food.
Glazyev: NDB Won’t Compete with IMF/ADB, Since They Gave Up on Development!
Sergey Glazyev, Russian Presidential Adviser for Regional Economic Integration, addressing the VII BRICS Academic Forum in Moscow Friday, ironically argued that the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is not an alternative, but a complement, to the IMF/Wo…
Heading Towards ‘Financial Maidan’ in Ukraine? Inflation, Rampant Unemployment and Human Misery
‘Its Q I GDP plunged 17.6% year-over-year. It’s down 6.1% from Q IV 2014. Ten of the last 11 quarters saw economic contraction. Kiev depends on outside aid to keep operating. Inflation is out-of-control. The […]