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The ruin of higher education 21 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
We are aware that public and private universities in America are constantly raising administrative salaries, are constantly raising student tuitions, and are constantly erecting grand new edifices to ...
Stan "Bully Boy" Thurston's war on workers 16 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
"Breaking news alert! Wages fell at the fastest rate ever recorded during the first quarter of this year, the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "Hourly wages fell 3.8 percent in...
Well ... it's cryin' time again 16 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
This lengthy article by environmental journalist Jeremy Miller about the domination of Kern County land and water by oil companies is a masterpiece of focus on capitalism’s extraction and destr...
Also sprach Opa Ray 14 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
8-12-13 Consortiumnew.com The Moral Imperative of Activism By Ray McGovern http://consortiumnews.com/2013/08/12/the-moral-imperative-of-activism-2/ Read More »
Sen, Wyden ex-staffer's critique of administration secrecy on NSA 14 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
We saw the author of the Techdirt.com article below interviewed Monday on Democracy Now! and were deeply impressed by her gravity, intelligence background and the seriousness of what she had to say a...
Banks or bikinis 12 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
Wall Street, assailed by terror that its big balloon will be popped when the Fed quits printing money to keep inflating it, lost some hot air this week. Some of the heated blast was expended on the m...
Kill 'em all and pave it over! 10 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
About 15 years ago in Merced, when our leaders were on fire with lust for the UC campus, the Fish & Wildlife Service had declared a critical habitat designation for the endangered species inhabiting ...
The compassion of Westlands 7 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
The Endangered Species Act Protections briefly took center stage at the Delta Water Summit at California State University, Fresno. Westlands Water District manager Tom Birmingham said the law i...
The foreclosure crisis is not over 6 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
Sacrifice Zones The double standards in property maintenance lead to an “extremely troubling” trend in home sales: these uninviting neglected houses, disproportionately located in communities of col...
We just won't think about ecological collapse, will we 2 Aug 2013 | 11:44 am
The primary cause of frog and toad population decline seems to be the spread of the chytrid fungus — probably spread by introduction of non-native African clawed frogs. Introduction of non-native tro...