Blog: Protest
Last week students spoke out at American University in Washington, D.C. Today the protest was at Columbia University in New York City Amidst the pomp and pride that is graduation day across America, students, frustrated with the huge debts taken on to attend college, are banding together and pressing for solutions. They want a real future, not a life of loan repayment.
They get it: Robin Hood is a game changer. Their...
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will announce the reintroduction of The Inclusive Prosperity Act on Thursday, April 17, a bill inspired by the Robin Hood Tax and supported by a large and growing list of endorsers, now more than 140 organizations. The Ellison bill seeks to raise up to $350 billion annually through a sales tax on Wall Street financial transactions, funds whose goal is to rebuild our communities, assist international efforts to treat HIV/...
The words written on her body: Robin Hood Tax to end AIDS.
On her mind: Outrage over funding cuts to global AIDS programs.
The bikini-clad co-ed stood among several nearly naked student AIDS activists who took over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office Thursday to protest funding cuts to global AIDS programs.
The students convened in Congress today from schools -- City College New York, Columbia...
Andrea Germanos, staff writer at Common Dreams
Why should ordinary taxpayers have to sacrifice while highly profitable corporations are using accounting acrobatics and tax havens to avoid paying their fair share?
At a time of record corporate profits, U.S. "corporate tax dodgers" are parking more of their profits offshore, taking advantage...
