Another example of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. NEW LONDON, CT – Two brothers successfully fought off an armed intruder who broke into their home with a gun and a knife on Wednesday. Richard and Kevin Dennis were asleep when the 15-year-old broke in and attacked Richard…
By Connor D. Wolf Forward Seattle announced Wednesday that they failed to collect enough signatures to subject the city’s $15 minimum wage to a November vote. The group, which represents local businesses in Seattle, stated in a press release that they “didn’t qualify its referendum, falling 1,237 signatures short of the 16,510 required to compel…
A supermarket store in the United Kingdom has gone off the national electricity grid by recycling its own rotting food. The Sainsbury’s store in Cannock is running entirely on electricity that is generated from refuse. It’s the first time a grocer from a major retailer is not relying on the national grid for power. Outsideonline…
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” By Connor D. Wolf The AFL-CIO demanded Tuesday that a tax loophole that benefits U.S. corporations competing in foreign markets get closed. The practice known as corporate inversion allows U.S.-based companies to avoid some taxes by moving their headquarters to a foreign country where taxes are less…
By Michael Bastasch Environmentalists have declared that global warming can’t be stopped without ending the “hegemonic capitalist system,” saying that cap-and-trade systems and conservation efforts are “false solutions.” “The structural causes of climate change are linked to the current capitalist hegemonic system,” reads the final draft of the Margarita Declaration, presented at a conference including about 130…
By Michael Bastasch While the world is distracted by escalating tensions in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to create an “energy association” of developing countries. World Nuclear News reports that Putin is looking to form an energy coalition, complete with its own “fuel reserve bank and an energy policy institute” among BRICS nations. BRICS…
Click to play show: “Ron Paul Defends Russia,” the Associated Press headline reads. Neocons are fond of painting Ron Paul and libertarians as people who just hate America. If that’s not the case, then why do they sound like they do? After a civilian airliner was shot down over Ukraine, Paul rushed to defend Putin from…
By Connor D. Wolf Published: July 23, 2014 The president of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) accused Congress and Wall Street Tuesday of manufacturing a financial crisis in order to privatize the post office. “A congressionally manufactured financial crisis is being used to justify new assaults on postal jobs and on the 239-year old public…
By Blake Neff A new report from the University of Arkansas says that charters schools are more efficient with money than ordinary public schools, producing notably better test scores for each dollar spent. The study, which covered charter schools in 21 states plus the District of Columbia, measured effectiveness by comparing students’ scores on national NAEP exams…
By Peter Fricke Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim called for a shorter work week at a business conference in Paraguay,the Guardian reports. Slim proposed reducing the workweek to three days, but at the same time lengthening the workday to 10 or 11 hours and raising the retirement age to 70 or 75, saying the change would…