May 15 The fast food strike: the hard facts behind the Big Mac attack By Simone Pathe Fast food workers in dozens of American cities and across the world walked off the job Thursday to demonstrate for a $15 an hour minimum wage. Talking to a McDonald's worker trying to make ends meet on $9.85 an hour,… Continue reading
May 15 FCC approves net neutrality proposal but paves the way for paid "fast lanes" By Sarah McHaney Should all legal information on the internet be treated equally? Or is there room for broadband providers to charge clients such as Netflix and YouTube for faster service? The Federal Communications Commission has been grappling with these questions and, in… Continue reading
May 15 Watch Journalist Glenn Greenwald on interrogating Snowden, 'limitless' ambitions of NSA By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 15 Entire state of California now in extreme drought, fueling wildfires By Joshua Barajas As firefighters attempt to extinguish several fires across Southern California, 100 percent of the state is now in extreme drought or worse. Continue reading
May 15 Glenn Greenwald's new book headed to Hollywood By Ruth Tam Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that it acquired film rights to journalist Glenn Greenwald’s new book, “No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State.”… Continue reading
May 15 Media organizations launch lawsuit over Missouri lethal injection secrecy By Justin Scuiletti The Associated Press, The Guardian U.S., The Kansas City Star, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Springfield News-Leader filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections Thursday, claiming that the state’s secrecy in procuring lethal injection drugs prevents public… Continue reading
May 15 Ex-prisoners more likely to die early death, study finds By Ellen Rolfes Men who are incarcerated and released are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those who have not been imprisoned. Georgia State University criminologist William Pridemore has found that ex-prisoners are more likely die early from disease, drug… Continue reading
May 15 Obama, 9/11 survivors and family to inaugurate ground zero museum By News Desk President Barack Obama will join 9/11 survivors, rescuers and family members of victims to dedicate the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City Thursday. Continue reading
May 15 Student debt hurts household wealth for decades By Simone Pathe Nearly 40 percent of households headed by young, college-educated Americans are burdened with student debt, and that debt is likely to depress net worth for years to come, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. Continue reading