The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is back to work, and for the first time in years has started doing its job. This is a shock to anti-government corporate conservatives, […]

What can a democracy like ours do when giant companies say, “Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules! We don’t got to pay you no taxes!” and “We will just […]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is engaging in legal action against Boeing and is threatening to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah for anti-union activities. It has […]

The National Labor Relations Board is attempting to enforce our country’s laws and the corporate conservatives are going nuts – literally. They are challenging the concept of law itself, while […]

At next week’s Take Back The American Dream conference I’m on the Tuesday panel titled Strategy on State Level for Buy America Campaign. Please stop by if you are at […]

Hundreds of executions in Texas — Republican crowd cheers. An uninsured person in a coma — Republican crowd shouts “Let him die!” And now, labor leaders murdered in Colombia — […]

One side says, "Never mind the deal we just agreed to, cut this or we'll shut down the government" and the other side says, "This isn't fair, and it hurts people. We can't keep agreeing to pay these ransoms, this has to stop!"

Just weeks after the “debt-ceiling” hostage-taking, forcing trillions to be cut out of the economy, the hostage-takers are at it again. Now they are threatening a government shutdown, demanding even […]

Oil-backed conservatives have been absolutely ecstatic over the collapse of American solar-power company Solyndra and the rise of China as the dominant country in green energy, because they think they […]

The roots of today’s toxic conservative movement lie in Ayn Rand’s teaching that wealthy “producers — now called “job creators” — should be left alone by the government, namely the […]

I watched President Obama’s “deficit speech” this morning. My wife was listening from another room. She does not follow politics as closely as you and I do. The only thing […]

We’ve been deferring maintenance of our infrastructure since the Reagan tax cuts – never mind modernizing to restore American competitiveness. It is something that has to be done anyway, and […]

The NLRB proposes streamlining union elections. Companies that were for secret ballots last year are now against it. Conservatives say removing barriers to elections “rams elections through” and ” foist […]

Take a look at the agenda of the upcoming Take Back The American Dream Conference. There is a session on Tuesday titled, Strategy on State Level for Buy America Campaign. […]

In the midst of the July heat wave, some Oklahoma City commuters got a nasty surprise as they drove down Interstate 44 one morning: an expansion joint on a 36-year-old […]

Why are “capital gains” taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason capital gains taxes are lower is because most of the income of the rich is […]

President Obama has taken a step in the right direction with his speech and jobs plan. It was a small step – but it has to be to present Republicans […]

One part of Mitt Romney’s “Jobs Plan” is worth pointing out and commending: he is right when it comes to China. Romney calls for steps to make China “play be […]

Have you heard any news in the major corporate media about the Contract For The American Dream, from The American Dream Movement? Probably not. And this means you probably didn’t […]

“Transportation Bill Actually Not Boring” is actually not a headline from the Onion. President Obama today urged House Republicans to please not let the “Surface Transportation Bill” expire at the […]

You hear over and over that Social Security is “in trouble” or that we “can’t afford it.” This is as far from true as can be, and the idea behind […]

Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the Fox-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "Stimulus" just made things worse. Here are three reality-based charts to send to him.

Do you think that corporate greed has gotten out of control? Here is your chance to take a stand against corporate greed in a way that can make a difference. […]

Hey here’s a real dog bites man story for you: a really, really rich guy says to readers of billionaire Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal that he “deeply resents” paying taxes […]

People are fed up and showing up, making their voices heard, taking action. You might not be seeing very much coverage in the “mainstream” (corporate) news outlets but his has […]

Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry, threatening Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, over his efforts to boost the economy: “If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I […]

“The patient is sicker so we have to apply more leeches.” Countries that are trying to fix deficits with spending cuts are finding out that taking money out of their […]