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Only through sustained mass movements insisting on a new vision of community and justice is it possible for us to save one another.
Lobbyists working on behalf of weapons manufacturers and other military-industrial interest groups target the people who are deciding US military spending.
When Jeb Bush dropped out of the 2016 presidential race, you could hear the earth itself heave a sigh of relief. When he announced he was suspending his campaign, head down with a pathetic shrug between his ears, a political dynasty that has looted and ravaged this nation and the world for going on 80 years was snuffed like a guttering candle in a forgotten church.
There may be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans by 2050, according to a recent study by the World Economic Forum. Advocates say cleaning up the world's oceans will take effort from everyone -- from individuals to politicians to corporations.
John Perkins, author of The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, discusses how "economic hit men" today are even more entrenched in the US political and economic system, and how European colonialism transformed into financial colonialism.