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MORNING MESSAGE: Apple Pie is American, But Apple Computer Isn’t OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We should treat Apple and other formerly American multinationals as neutral entities with whom we can cooperate at times for our mutual benefit. We should encourage them...
The Forces Driving America's Education Spring
In three days of protests over the weekend and lapping into Monday, people who look like they would be involved in a civil rights cause were protesting against the city's decision to close their neighborhood schools.
Apple Pie is American, But Apple Computer Isn’t. Not Anymore.
Did you know that Apple Computer has become a foreign entity? Did you know that it's more Irish than anything else, at least as far as taxes are concerned? Or that it pays very little in income tax, even though its products wouldn’t exist if it not for U.S. taxes?...
Sequestering The Next Disaster
President Obama has promised Oklahoma "everything that it needs right away" to begin the process of recovering and rebuilding, after the massive tornado touched down in the state on Monday, devastating the cities of Monroe and Newcastle. Already hundreds of Federal...
Double Trouble: Get Ready For The Next IRS "Scandal"
On top of the troubles the administration is facing over Benghazi, the IRS, and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone records, Republicans hope to target Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Let's Tell Multinational Corporations To Just Pay Their Taxes
At yesterday's Senate hearing the CEO of Apple said they follow the law when they "defer" billions and billions of dollars in taxes they owe by keeping profits "out of the country." He's talking about the "Subpart F" corporate tax loophole that practically forces...
Republican Response To Sequester: It's Bad. Let's Make It Worse.
Republicans have been eager to blame the sequester on President Obama, and complain when certain cuts affect their districts. But beyond proposing robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul solutions for things like protecting air traffic controllers, what do Republican want to do...
Underwater Homeowners Demand Justice from Justice (Video)
On Monday afternoon 27 people were arrested in front of the Department of Justice protesting the government's limp response to the mortgage crisis. Arrestees included activists from faith, progressive and labor organizations.
What's Wrong With Jamie Dimon is What's Wrong With America
A lot of people have attacked JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon over the years, including this author. After today’s shareholder votes at JPM, Mark Gongloff is right to describe Dimon as a “cult leader.” Gongloff quotes critics, like Public Citizen’s Bart Naylor who...
A hero's on the way!
Change is coming to the most important government agency that most Americans never heard of. For many months, a broad coalition of housing, consumer protection, and civil rights groups has been calling on President Obama to replace the acting head of
