A community in New Jersey has risen up against the corrupt Wells Fargo Bank. City council officials and local labor movement reps from East Orange County have pulled all public funds from the bank. The predatory bank has religiously put profit before people and East Orange County is one such community that has felt the effects. Wells Fargo […]

The streets of Great Britain are turning into a scene from The Walking Dead now that homeless people and others have discovered a new drug called “Spice,” a so-called marijuana alternative (though it has nothing whatsoever to do with real cannabis) that leaves users in a dazed, zombie-like state, and has the potential to cause […]

On any given night, nearly 40,000 United States veterans have no place to call home. Another 1.4 million are on the verge of homelessness, and the number of young homeless vets is on the rise. One in five homeless males are veterans. Any man or woman who has served in this country’s military deserves – […]

In 2009, nearly 11 percent of the American population was receiving food stamp benefits, which are offered to those who fall below a certain income level or who live with disabilities. With a total American population of roughly 300 million people, over 33 million individuals were receiving help through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or […]

It’s no secret that San Francisco has a serious homelessness problem, with an estimated city street population between six and ten thousand. The homeless population is mostly confined to several downtown neighborhoods which are easy to spot – and smell. San Francisco has had a shortage of working public restrooms since the city slashed funding […]

There are multiple tragedies converging in the aftermath of the devastating fire that killed thirty six people, or more, in an Oakland, California warehouse. The space had become a community and home to musicians, writers, artists, and unemployed free spirits who, if not for this facility, would have had no food, no place to lay their head and no support […]

There is a “perfect storm” of events shaping up that will take most Americans by surprise – especially those who paid into, and now rely on, a pension to help make ends meet after retirement. Unbeknownst to most people, pension funds in the United States are grossly underfunded. In fact, according to The Financial Times, […]