In successful 6-yr crusade for control of their water, people of Felton, CA have helped lead way for other US communities fighting corporate control of water. Trouble started in 2002 with 74% rate hike: Friends of Locally Owned Water -FLOW- was born &...

KKR, nation's 2nd largest private employer & 1 of largest buyout firms, has more to do with country's unease than people imagine. KKR companies pay far less tax to state & fed treasuries after being bought out by KKR. Why? Due to exploiting debt Read on

Report shows Cargill's vast influence on global agricultural trade threatens health of consumers, family farmers, environment...even entire economies & govts. From toxic waste spills to Amazon deforestation, eco-crimes galore & treats workers no better...

The state of Alaska will sue the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, arguing the designation will slow development in the state, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Wednesday.

Many recent studies on job satisfaction have shown that workers who spend longer hours in office environments, often under artificial light in windowless offices, report reduced job satisfaction and increased stress levels.

Unusually public step, StandardOil-empire dynasty've set out 4 shareholder resolutions calling for an independent chairman; a taskforce to study global warming; reduction in Exxon's gas emissions; & renewable energy policy. 85% clan members support change

Treasury Department says it will deposit the first 800,000 rebates - five days earlier than expected - in effort to boost economy.

I hold it is not Recession, it is Depression masked by complex creative statistics and financial controls in place that did not exist during the Great Depression. Financial minds have separated their decisions from its lowest trickle down effects

Cheap, unhealthy food plays key role in economic system, sustaining low-income service workforce in an era of falling wages. Now, even as prices rise for corn & soy - key inputs in the industrial-food system - the Burger King ad may herald the shape of t

Husband-&-wife investigative team join wi Florida's top consumer groups to reveal BGH story; provide details of their suit charging Fox TV, threatened by Monsanto, with violating whistleblower act. Canadian & UK public got different version than US on BGH