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IRS Scandal a Carbuncle – on a Cancer-Wracked Body
The IRS, always friendless, now is a pariah. Republicans can’t stop condemning it. Democrats can’t stop agreeing. Targeting Tea Party groups for scrutiny, even if through incompetence, not intention, turned the IRS into a nasty carbuncle on the governing body....
The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives
Remember the video of the guy in the "pimp costume" who got advice from ACORN employees on how to run his prostitution ring? Turns out the whole story was just a lie, a doctored-video smear job on an important organization. The guy never wore a "pimp costume" and the...
Pushing Back Against Austerity: Hickey and Eskow on Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore
OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey and Richard Eskow explain during their appearance Sunday on "Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore" what it will take for progressives to win the fight against conservative austerity economic policies that are holding down the economy and...
Homeowners Get Arrested To Show Why Bankers Should Be Instead
Police in Washington made numerous arrests today in connection with the ongoing mortgage foreclosure crisis, in which millions of homeowners lost billions of dollars due to the fraudulent actions of bank executives. But the arrests were not of the criminals who caused...
May 19, 2013: A Day Of Extreme Federal Budget Shame
Sunday, May 19, 2013, was one of the saddest and most notorious moments in the sordid history of the federal budget.
Let's start from the beginning.
Rally For Livable Wages in Washington -- The 9th Most Expensive U.S. City
Did you know that Washington, DC is the 9th most expensive American city to live in? Did you also know that thousands of private sector workers whose jobs are supported by taxpayer dollars don't earn enough to live in the city where they work? Tomorrow, those workers...
On the Billionaire’s Agenda, Does 60 Minutes Need a Visit From … 60 Minutes?
Last week I wrote to the Executive Vice President of CBS News asking for a comment on Lesley Stahl's unpublicized withdrawal from the Advisory Board of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The inquiry was acknowledged and forwarded on to the press officer for 60 Minutes....
Apple Avoiding Billions And Billions Of Dollars In Taxes
Apple (like many giant, multinational corporations) has been avoiding paying the taxes they owe to the country by setting up foreign "subsidiaries" in tax-haven countries, and moving jobs and profit centers out of the country. They have accumulated billions upon...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: A Long Cold Summer For Young People Looking For Work OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "Just in the past decade Congress has cut $1 billion from youth jobs programs, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. And that is at a time when...
A Long Cold Summer For Young People Looking For Work
I got my first job while I was in high school through a small community organization run by Willie J. Hardy who operated out of what legendary Washington Post writer William Raspberry described as a "tiny, hopelessly cluttered quonset hut."
