Apple And FBI Face Off In Congress: Where To Watch
On Tuesday Apple and the FBI will appear before the House Judiciary Committee in Congress to put their respective cases in the debate over whether the world’s most valuable company should be forced to grant access to the iPhone used…
John Oliver Eviscerates Donald Trump’s Candidacy And It Is Beautiful (VIDEO)
“You can hold his feet to the fire, but he’ll stand there on the stumps bragging about his fireproof foot skin.” If it weren’t for late night shows hosted by comedians, it’s possible no one would be taking Donald Trump…
Turkish Hackers Claim Credit For Hollywood Hospital Attack
A group of hackers from Turkey claim they were responsible for hacking a hospital in Los Angeles and promise to continue such attacks if the U.S. government continues to support Kurdish rebels, but these claims are impossible to verify in…
Mervyn King: Eurozone May Need To Break Up
A former governor of the Bank of England has said that the breakup of the eurozone may be necessary to restore growth to some states. In a passage from his new book The End Of Alchemy, published in the Daily…
This Patriotic Millionaire is calling out Wall Street on its greed (VIDEO)
This Patriotic Millionaire calls out Wall Street and wants a debate Morris Pearl, chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires lobbying group, is unlike many of the wealthy plutocrats that many of us justifiably rail against. To be clear, he is a…
Experts assess the way ahead for China
China will stage its largest annual political and legislative events – the “two sessions” – starting on Thursday. China Daily takes a closer look at a series of likely hot topics and catchphrases during the sessions. Editor’s note: The eyes…
Trump, Cruz and Rubio tax plans are indecent proposals | Editorial
While we are all amused by the vulgar pie fight that is the Republican presidential field, it’s easy to overlook the taxonomy of pain their candidates would impose on the American electorate. The three leading candidates from the party of…
Interview: Labor Historian Nick Salvatore on Eugene Debs, Bernie Sanders, and Socialism in Modern American Politics
2016 has been a banner year for socialism in American political discourse. In January, 43 percent of respondents to a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll, taken of likely Democratic caucus-goers, said they would use the word ‘socialist’ describe themselves. Recently,…
Hillary Clinton and Wall Street Big Money – perfect together
WASHINGTON, February 27, 2016 – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been criticized for putting forth contrasting positions concerning her relationships with Wall Street bankers. She says, if elected, she will end Wall Street’s irresponsible behavior, which, she claims, has…
A World Deep in Debt
Debt, debt, debt… debt is kind of like a snowflakes. A single snowflake is a pretty star, but one quintillion of them is a horrendous mess. In the same way, most individual debts are reasonable and justifiable, but when debt…