On the Streets of Bedford Falls (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2010 -- There is not much happening this year on the streets of Bedford Falls. The Christmas decorations went up on Main Street, same as always, but it’s ...

Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 2011: Breach of the critical threshold of global geopolitical dislocation (LEAP/E2020)

Nov. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- Public announcement GEAB N°49 As the LEAP/E2020 team anticipated in its open letter to the G20 leaders published in the international edition of the Financial Times of 2 ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Tax Cut Deal 'Is A Moral Outrage'

Dec. 7, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (sanders.senate.gov) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the agreement announced Monday between the White House and congressional Republi ...

Farewell to the EU Superstate (Mike Whitney)

Dec. 6, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Wednesday's press conference with ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet turned out to be a real jaw-dropper. While Trichet didn't commit himself to massive bo ...

Happy as a Hangman (Chris Hedges)

Dec. 6, 2010 (TruthDig.com) -- Innocence, as defined by law, makes us complicit with the crimes of the state. To do nothing, to be judged by the state as an innocent, is to be guilty. It is to sancti ...

U.S. Federal Reserve Conjures -- and Redefines -- Money (Matthew Cardinale)

Nov. 30, 2010 (Inter Press Service) -- ATLANTA, Georgia - The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, essen ...

The Stench of US Economic Decay Grows Stronger (Paul Craig Roberts)

Nov. 29, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- On Thanksgiving eve the English language China Daily and People’s Daily Online reported that Russia and China have concluded an agreement to abandon the ...

Global Poverty Doubled since 1970s: UN (Agence France-Presse)

Nov. 26, 2010 -- GENEVA (Agence France-Presse) -- The number of very poor countries has doubled in the last 30 to 40 years, while the number of people living in extreme poverty has also grown two-fol ...

Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street (Robert Scheer)

Nov. 24, 2010 (TruthDig) -- Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism. The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that corporate profits are at their highest level in U.S. history, and ...

Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter (Catherine Rampell)

Nov. 23, 2010 (New York Times) -- The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trill ...

Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion (Chris Hedges)

Nov. 23, 2010 (TruthDig) -- There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by corpo ...