by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 18, 2012 | Blog
Because our fight for a people-powered democracy and an economy that works for all Americans depends on a free and open Internet, OurFuture.org today is standing in solidarity with the many websites that are protesting two bills pending in Congress that are direct and...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 18, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney probably pays a lower percentage of Federal income tax than you do. At a press conference today, Romney said that the effective rate he's been paying is "probably closer to the 15 percent rate than anything."1 Mitt makes out like a bandit because capital...
by Mary Bottari | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog
The petition drive to recall and remove Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surpassed all expectations, collecting one million signatures in just 60 days. The signatures represent the largest recall effort in the history of the United States.Petitioners were only...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
The United States is losing ever more jobs and becoming ever less competitive as our universities are cut back and companies move R&D jobs to Asia. We lost 687,000 high-tech manufacturing jobs lost since 2000. Universities cut back 20% on public research. 85% of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog
In the fight over what little soul is left of the Republican Party, Mitt Romney has shown his willingness to double down on racial injustice. Romney did so in his support for the expansion of laws that deny people convicted of felonies the right to vote after they...
