Rise Up Times Editor's Note: Â This week Rise Up Times will be focusing on articles about racism, particularly in America. This video from Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! is an important beginning. Â On today's show (January 14, 2014) is an extensive interview with Erin Brockovich who has called a town hall meeting in Charleston, West Virginia, More
(photo: unknown)By Charles Pierce  25 December 13  Esquire  RSN.com "Forgive me if I am wrong. It has been done in your name, or at least in that of your family," said Scrooge."There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, More
The Fable of the Century April 5, 2012  Robert Reich.org Imagine a country in which the very richest people get all the economic gains. They eventually accumulate so much of the nation’s total income and wealth that the middle class no longer has the purchasing power to keep the economy going full speed. Most More
