While the Tea Party Express winds it way through America, trying to defeat health care reform and a public health care option, adults and children, who have insurance, are being denied health care."Brave New Films...
"When it comes to consumer issues like broadband and network neutrality, the FTC in recent years has spent most of its time nodding dumbly at carriers, allowing them to "self-regulate." The idea that corporations can effectively monitor themselves for bad behavior has been...
Wake up America! There is a choice to be made. Americans are free to choose between having a nation built upon an inherited fundamental foundation with strong ideals and justice which was envisioned by our founders...
opinion by aurealeus | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 264 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
With the advent of the very popular social networking sites, privacy is often an abandoned concern, especially for many young and tech-savvy subscribers. But now Facebook is going to test the boundaries of privacy...
'social media today is a pure mess.' ""Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 292 views | 14 recommendations | 8 comments
December 6, I attended the InternetForEveryone.org coalition's first town hall, in Los Angeles, CA. Organized by Free Press, they are seeking input and participation from everyone interested in the future of the...
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Wow, I am speechless, surely the NDP have the Election in the Bag, I salute Mr. Layton in his 51 Billion dollar plan for helping out all ordinary Canadians. Jack Layton told his plan to an...
Understanding America’s Economic Meltdown The current economic crisis facing America is the outcome of two discontinuous methods of governing the country, the American...
opinion by literaryguru | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 461 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin. German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...
The California state assembley had a rare Sunday night session last night, with the state's republicans rejecting a Democratic plan to fix the state's budget shortfall by raising taxes on wealthy citizens and corporations."Assembly Republicans on Sunday blocked a proposed...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 204 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In another example of the continuing fascist merger between corporations and the State, no-bid government contracts favorite Blackwater is getting into intelligence work for corporations"Jeremy Scahill, author of ...
Update Aug 4th 2008New York stock exchange SEC visits Siemens (electronics) in Germany for corruption case. SEC may fine Siemens with $1.5 bn, for not respecting listed NY stock market rulings Siemens has...
created by SOLARLIFE | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 277 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Is there really anything wrong with Ghana selling a majority share of its state owned telecom company, Ghana Telecom to a British concern? After all governments are supposed to be in the business of taxing businesses not running them, right? Here is an alternate...
created by beninmw | 1 year ago 187 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Listen to this week's edition of the "Weekly Radio Spin," the Center for Media and Democracy's audio report on the stories behind the news. This week, we look at the nuclear industry's largesse, Merck's marketing...