Even in coal country, Big Coal is being met with grassroots resistance it hasn’t experienced before. Last week, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) upheld an earlier decision to deny a permit for a mountaintop-removal mine on Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County in southwest Virginia after an appeal by the A&G Coal Corporation.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent the last year holed up inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking asylum from Swedish and American authorities, held a press call today to discuss former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and the charges leveled against Bradley Manning, who is currently on trial for allegedly leaking thousands of diplomatic cables and other classified documents to WikiLeaks. On the call, Assange said that his organization is continuing to consider documents for release and gave new details about his contact with Snowden.  “Wikileaks is always in the process of preparing its next publication,” Assange told Mother Jones. “We [have] pending publications, but as a matter of policy, we can’t discuss them.” The organization’s releases have been sporadic since Assange took refuge in the embassy last June

When Edward Snowden, an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton – a military contractor based in McLean, Virginia - blew the whistle on the extent of U.S. global electronic surveillance, he unexpectedly shone a light on the world of contractors that…

Are pro-mining forces trying to sway the Environmental Protection Agency on Pebble Mine? Last month, I reported on the potential environmental threats posed by the massive proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska

From the June 13 edition of Fox News’  Hannity : Previously: Fox News Politicizes Girl’s Lung Transplant To Attack Obamacare “Yes Virginia, There Are Death Panels”: Limbaugh Exploits Child Transplant Patient To Revive Obamacare Myth  

Susanne Posel Occupy Corporatism June 12, 2013       Evacuations at Princeton University due to a called-in bomb threat to multiple buildings on the campus were revealed through Tweets. One Tweet said : “This is NOT a test

It’s not exactly front-page news that money from business groups have a big influence in judicial elections these days. State supreme court elections have become more contested, more nasty and much more expensive over the past decade as business groups have sought to make state courts more friendly to industry

Fox News dishonestly dismissed a Democratic congressman’s statement that the mystery of who began the IRS’ inappropriate targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status has been solved. Congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on June 9 where he explained that a Cincinnati-based IRS manager told congressional interviewers that a screener under his supervision brought a tea party group’s application for tax-exempt status to his attention, and that he then sent the case to a Washington office for assistance. In a letter to Rep

I’ve had a lot of complaints in the last few weeks from my loyal readers. Some of you out there seem to think that I’ve been remiss in my duties as the foremost expert on racism. That’s totally fine

Geraldo Rivera announced on Fox News that he’s not running for the U.S.