by sarah | Aug 10, 2015 | Global
Published on Wednesday, August 05, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Just a month after Governor Alejandro García Padilla said it will be impossible for Puerto Rico to climb out of its $72 billion in debt, the government this week missed a bond...
by shanley | Aug 10, 2015 | Economy
Published on Monday, August 10, 2015 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Discriminatory housing, zoning, and other policy choices are driving the dramatic rise of racialized poverty and segregation across the United States, with the number of people...
by shanley | Aug 4, 2015 | Economy
Published on Tuesday, August 04, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Despite lofty rhetoric from politicians who vowed in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to hold Wall Street accountable, U.S. Justice Department statistics show a...
by shanley | Aug 3, 2015 | Economy
Published on Monday, August 03, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer “A message needs to be sent to the world of banking,” said UK Judge Jeremy Cooke on Monday as he handed down a 14-year sentence to former Citibank and UBS trader Tom...
by geddrystaff | Jul 27, 2015 | Global
Published on Monday, July 27, 2015 by Common Dreams, by Sarah Lazare, staff writer A for-profit British private security firm whose human rights abuses have been documented around the world, from Israel to South Africa to the United Kingdom, stands accused by a grand...
by geddrystaff | Jul 17, 2015 | Economy, Environment, Global
Published on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Thanks to “foot dragging by the Securities and Exchange Commission” combined with “aggressive lobbying and legal challenges by oil industry laggards,” a U.S....
