Chicago Teachers Union President Talks About Beheading The Rich
Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union: “At this very moment I still believe there is one party in this country – that is, the party of money, with two branches. Do not...
Category: Economics
Judge orders student to wear ‘Mark of the Beast’ ID badge
A federal judge has ruled that a 15-year-old Texas girl must wear an identification badge to her high school for monitoring purposes or else face suspension. US District Judge Orlando Garcia decided with a...
Greece unemployment hits highest rate in European Union: 26.8%
The latest unemployment rate for Greece has risen to 26.8%, the highest figure recorded in the European Union (EU). The official Greek data for October sees Greece overtake Spain as the country with the...
The abandoned skyscrapers of Detroit
The Telegraph visits the abandoned skyscrapers of Detroit, USA, where the population has fallen from 2 million to 800,000. Alastair Good meets the residents who are searching for solutions.
US oil production ‘to jump by a quarter by 2014′
US oil production will jump by a quarter by 2014 to its highest level in 26 years, figures suggest. This is mainly because of the discovery of vast reserves of shale oil. The Energy...
2012 was warmest and second most extreme year on record for the contiguous U.S.
2012 was a historic year for extreme weather that included drought, wildfires, hurricanes and storms; however, tornado activity was below average 2012 marked the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States with...
Planned Parenthood receives record amount of taxpayer support
Planned Parenthood reported receiving a record $542 million in taxpayer support in fiscal 2012, marking a steady increase in government funding despite Republican-led efforts at the state and federal levels to cut off that...
Could fresh water become scarce in the U.S.?
www.FaceTheFactsUSA.org — Americans use more water per person than citizens of any other country — 457,018 gallons per head per year.
Nations prepare for cyber war
Security analysts are predicting that 2013 is when nation-sponsored cyberwarfare goes mainstream — and some think such attacks will lead to actual deaths. In 2012, large-scale cyberattacks targeted at the Iranian government were uncovered, and in...
Trillion-Dollar Coin: Absurd or Absurdly Right?
Bloomberg’s Josh Barro and Joseph Weisenthal, Deputy Editor at Business Insider, discuss the idea of minting a trillion dollar platinum coin to reduce the United States’ debt and the function of the debt ceiling....
