CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill
Communities Magazine is the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America - from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes.
Einer vom US-Kongress beauftragten Studie zufolge stammten fast 40 Prozent der Patentklagen im Jahr 2011 von reinen Patentverwertern – 2007 waren es noch 22 Prozent gewesen. Nur einer der fünf aktivsten Kläger stellt Produkte her.
Pepper Spray Cop, also known as “Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop”, is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a police officer pepper spraying a group of Occupy protesters at the University of California Davis.
A short Nathanael West biography describes Nathanael West's life, times, and work. Also explains the historical and literary context that influenced Miss Lonelyhearts.
In 22 Punkten klagt die US-Regierung den US-Soldaten Manning an: Er soll hunderttausende Regierungsdokumente illlegal an Wikileaks durchgestochen haben. Vor einem Militärgericht hat sich Manning nun erstmals selbst geäußert und über seine harschen Haftbedingungen berichtet.
On November 30, 1835, famous American author Samuel Longhorn Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was born in the tiny village of Florida, Missouri. He is most noted for his humorous novels about the mischievous boys Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and their adventures on the mighty Mississippi River.
Vor 40 Jahren hat der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA Abtreibungen für grundsätzlich legal erklärt. Seitdem wird erbittert über diese Entscheidung gestritten. Hunderttausende Gegner marschierten nun durch Washington. Die selbst ernannten Lebensschützer haben großen Einfluss.
After the US embrace of torture after 9/11 it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to make a tribute to America’s liberal culture of torture for the big screen; Zero Dark Thirty