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Lets Stop The Apple Tax Dodge
In one sense, Sunday's New York Times story on how Apple avoids paying U.S. taxes is not a surprise.
Killing Democracy One Vote at a Time
Corporations, 1 percenters and Republicans want to take America back.
Stephen King Says Tax Me for F@&’s Sake
Finally, someone's giving NJ governor Chris Christie (whom fellow blogger Richard Eskow rightly dubbed, "The Heartless, Smug, Bullying Embodiment Of The Republican Party") as good as he dishes out.
Transportation & Infrastructure = IMMEDIATE Jobs = Deficit Reduction
President Obama spoke today at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, asking Republicans to stop blocking infrastructure and transportation projects.
GE Shareholder Meeting Disrupted
(Note - updated with audio of meeting and video of protests taking place outside, at bottom of post.)
Snapshots of Austerity Indifference
Depending on your point of view, the results on austerity are in.
Voting Begins For This Years Unsung Progressive Hero
Two Occupy movement volunteers, a Chicago community organizer, an Atlanta health care activist and a crusader against "prison-based gerrymandering" have been nominated for the annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award, which honors an unsung progressive hero.
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Higher "Productivity" Is Not The American Dream
Progressive Breakfast - 4/30/2012
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Higher "Productivity" Is Not The American Dream
Gadgetopia Chasing After an Elusive Dream
Bits and bytes would be doing a lot more to help make our lives less nasty, brutish, and short if we shared wealth as routinely as bandwidth. From San Francisco, a new lesson in that reality.
