Obama’s No-Good, Terrible, Secret, Evil Trade Deal Is About To Pass
President Obama is poised for one of the biggest victories of his second term after the Senate voted Tuesday to advance legislation enhancing his trade powers. The Senate’s 60-37 vote sets the stage...
View ArticleDIY tractor repair runs afoul of copyright law: John Deere has digital lock...
The iconic image of the American farmer is the man or woman who works the land, milks cows and is self-reliant enough to fix the tractor. But like a lot of mechanical items, tractors are increasingly...
View Article“New Snowden” Leak Exposes Brutal Drone Program
A new anonymous whistleblower has elaborated on the US drone program abroad and some of the questionable activity taking place under President Obama’s watch. It was always know that there were kill...
View ArticleNina Paley: Copyright is Brain Damage
While the “brain damage” claim certainly feels (perhaps intentionally) hyperbolic, she’s actually making a really important point in calling it that: she notes that the entire mechanism of copyright...
View ArticleThe Blockbuster Disaster of the TPP
The text of the TPP has finally been released to the public – and it’s even worse than we thought. “The TPP is a disaster for jobs, and environment and our democracy. It is the latest stage in the...
View ArticleAmerica has a Socialism Problem
The problem, it seems, is that most Americans don’t know what socialism is. On the other hand, as John Nicols wrote for The Nation this week, more Americans trust socialism than capitalism – by 12...
View ArticleWhy Metadata Surveillance Failed to Stop Paris Attacks
Thom Hartmann talks with Marcy Wheeler, Independent journalist specializing in national security and civil liberties.
View ArticlePanamaPapers: One Source, 400 Journalists
The film tells the story of how almost 400 journalists managed the investigation in the Panama Papers. It’s the biggest leak and biggest project of cooperative investigative journalism. A giant leak...
View ArticleSam Harris articulates why Donald Trump is a dangerous candidate
Sam Harris expresses his opinion of Donald Trump on an episode of his podcast, Waking Up with Sam Harris.
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