Community And Personal Collapse Preparation: An Interview With Dan Armstrong (Carolyn Baker)

The first part of Carolyn Baker's exclusive interview with Dan Armstrong, writer, activist, and owner of MUD CITY PRESS

Ethanol Demand in U.S. Adds to Food, Fertilizer Costs (Alan Bjerga)

U.S. plans to replace 15 percent of gasoline consumption with crop-based fuels including ethanol are already leading to some unintended consequences as food prices and fertilizer costs increase.

AP Scoop: 'Gross Mismanagement' Killed Marines (Richard Lardner)

Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehic ...

Today the stock market rewarded a couple of computer corporations for sending American jobs overseas

A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner

Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...

Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business (Matthew Rothschild)

Matthew Rothschild -- The Progressive Jan. 7, 2008 -- Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members ...

Breaking: S&P Mulls $500B in Mortgage Downgrades

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is considering slashing its rating on more than $500 billion of investments tied to bad mortgage loans, the ratings agency said Wednesday.

Transforming Communities Through Locally-Grown Food: Carolyn Baker Interviews Greg Cox

Greg Cox owns Boardman Hill Farms, West Rutland, Vermont and is President of the Board of Rutland Area Farm and Food Links (RAFFL) -- After many months of trying to connect with Greg Cox of Boardman ...

Citigroup, Merrill Face More Writedowns, Goldman Says (Elizabeth Hester & Alexander Haigh)

Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. may write down an additional $34 billion in securities linked to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, according to Goldman Sachs ...

CIA Man 'Can Take White House Down' (Press TV)

Former head of the CIA's clandestine service Jose Rodriguez claims he can take the White House down over a torture cover-up scandal.

US Sets Terms For Climate Talks (BBC News)

BBC News Dec. 15, 2007 -- The United States said the climate change negotiating process it agreed to in Bali must ensure developing states take their fair share of emission cuts. The deal did not mee ...