In 2008 it was estimated that the U.S. Government paid more than one hundred billion dollars to private contractors, half of these contractors were private mercenaries for combat and “security”.  In a June 2009 interview with Bill Moyers, journalist Jermey Scahill reported that private war companies or “contractors” have risen 29% in the past three [...]

Attention has shifted from media coverage of the war in Iraq to the war in Afghanistan in recent weeks. Alissa Rubin, former Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times, recently expressed her views in a New York Times’ editorial on the media’s role throughout the war in Iraq and how lessons must be learned [...]

President Obama used his sixth signing statement to negate provisions of US legislation that would have compelled the World Bank to strengthen labor and environmental standards.  Obama also refused to require the Treasury department to report to congress on the activities of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  One section negated would have compelled US World Bank representatives [...]

A network of business leaders and high net worth individuals have petitioned for a tax increase and are arguing in favor of Wealth for the Common Good.  The economic policies of the last thirty years have disproportionately benefited top earners and because of the Bush tax cuts, households with incomes over $250,000 save more than $700 billion during a time of war.  Wealth for the [...]