New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority likely lost millions of dollars tied to derivatives in the interest rate–fixing scandal currently under investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — money that the MTA says it will aggressively try to recover. An MTA spokesman told the World last week that the Authority is communicating […]
New York City and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority likely lost millions of dollars tied to derivatives in the interest rate–fixing scandal currently under investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — money that the MTA says it will aggressively try to recover. An MTA spokesman told the World last week that the Authority is communicating […]
(MintPress) — Protests erupted across Santiago, Chile over the weekend in the leadup to the 39th anniversary of a U.S. backed coup removing President Salvador Allende from power. Protesters set up barricades and threw molotov cocktails in violent demonstrations conducted mostly by younger Chileans and political leftists. Following President Allende’s removal from power in 1973, a […]
(MintPress) — Protests erupted across Santiago, Chile over the weekend in the leadup to the 39th anniversary of a U.S. backed coup removing President Salvador Allende from power. Protesters set up barricades and threw molotov cocktails in violent demonstrations conducted mostly by younger Chileans and political leftists. Following President Allende’s removal from power in 1973, a […]
I was all set to talk about how both parties’ conventions were found wanting when speaking of the issues that directly impact the poor; ready to take the Republicans and Democrats to task for this egregious negligence, and then … a funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard. At the DNC convention, several […]
I was all set to talk about how both parties’ conventions were found wanting when speaking of the issues that directly impact the poor; ready to take the Republicans and Democrats to task for this egregious negligence, and then … a funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard. At the DNC convention, several […]
Quick, how many billions in the red are taxpayers on the bailout of GM? AIG? Fannie and Freddie? Is it true that the government has reaped a profit from bailing out the banks? It should be easy to find answers to such questions. But while it’s a snap to find rosy administration claims about the bailout, finding […]
Quick, how many billions in the red are taxpayers on the bailout of GM? AIG? Fannie and Freddie? Is it true that the government has reaped a profit from bailing out the banks? It should be easy to find answers to such questions. But while it’s a snap to find rosy administration claims about the bailout, finding […]
(MintPress) — A team of international investors will reportedly begin development on three completely privatized cities in Honduras as early as 2013. The initial $15 million investment from U.S. sources has been heralded as an important initiative, helping to expand infrastructure development in the small Central American country still recovering from a debilitating 2009 military coup […]
(MintPress) — A team of international investors will reportedly begin development on three completely privatized cities in Honduras as early as 2013. The initial $15 million investment from U.S. sources has been heralded as an important initiative, helping to expand infrastructure development in the small Central American country still recovering from a debilitating 2009 military coup […]
(MintPress) — As Detroit’s economy began to plummet in the early 2000s, its reputation for gutted and dangerous neighborhoods trumped the major accomplishments the industrial city had once been recognized for. Largely discouraged by the 18.2 percent unemployment rate that plagued the city at the height of the economic crisis, 25 percent of Detroit’s residents […]
(MintPress) — As Detroit’s economy began to plummet in the early 2000s, its reputation for gutted and dangerous neighborhoods trumped the major accomplishments the industrial city had once been recognized for. Largely discouraged by the 18.2 percent unemployment rate that plagued the city at the height of the economic crisis, 25 percent of Detroit’s residents […]
Elfega Cazares isn’t taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, she knows her children stand to lose the most if teachers walk off the job next Monday. “It is very important that we stay […]
Elfega Cazares isn’t taking sides in the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools over contract talks. Like many of the immigrant parents in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, she knows her children stand to lose the most if teachers walk off the job next Monday. “It is very important that we stay […]
