As we all know, the global environmental outlook isn't exactly great - temperatures are rising, eco systems are being destroyed and species disappearing at a frightening rate. But it isn't all doom and gloom, as Brazil's new deforestation legislation appears to be slowing down ...read more

By Ben Cohen: The popularity of austerity in America and most of the industrialized world has revealed the truth about how modern economics works: Economies are beholden to banking institutions and have little control over their own destinies. Austerity measures are not ...read more

If you want a typical case study in how left leaning leaders are smeared by right wing commentators, look no further than this article in Foreign Policy that slams Hugo Chavez for his economic record in Venezuela. Writes Jose Cardenas: It may be that his working and lower ...read more