Banks raise penalty fees for customers’ overdrafts
As the economy weakens, banks are increasingly squeezing customers who overdraw their bank accounts.
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As the economy weakens, banks are increasingly squeezing customers who overdraw their bank accounts.
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One of the most important things to understand about the authorized use of torture by agents of the United States government is how closely it is tied to the portrayal of the enemy as utterly irrational.
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DEARBORN, Mich. - Democrat John Edwards has given his long-awaited endorsement to Barack Obama. It’s a major boost from a former presidential rival as Obama tries to shrug off Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is determined to press ahead.
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Democrat John Edwards has given his long-awaited endorsement to Barack Obama. It’s a major boost from a former presidential rival as Obama tries to shrug off Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is determined to press ahead.
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Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists.
This is pretty terrifying!
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http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/05/09/war-with-iran-might-be-closer-than-you-think/
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran. Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran! Bomb Iraaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Fast as you caaaaaaaaaaan! Bomb Iraaaaaan! Cuz just Iraq ain’t enough for the crazies, Bomb Iran.
Seriously though. Don’t bomb Iran.
The march for immigrant and workers’ rights. Tom Morello, Perry Farrell, Wayne Kramer and Mayor Daley sing “This Land Is Your Land”.
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Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person’s predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. The House voted 414-1 for the legislation a week after it passed the Senate on a 95-0 vote. The bill would bar health insurance…
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America’s favorite working-class hero reminds us of her $109 million post-White House windfall in this revealing moment on Falafel Bill O’Reilly’s teevee show. (Plus a bonus clip!)
Disclaimer: The Infamous Ink hates Bill O’Reilly
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This Thursday, May 1st, people will turn out across the country to demonstrate and march in celebration of International Workers’ Day, to march for immigrant and labor rights, continuing the struggle of progressive movements through out the history of liberal-capitalism to effect economic and social change.
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