by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 8, 2008 | Blog
Facts be damned, Sen. John McCain keeps mocking the idea that steps such as proper tire inflation would have more of an impact immediately on lowering gas prices than offshore drilling. "He's claiming putting air in your tires is the equivalent of new offshore...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 4, 2008 | Blog
Sam Zell, an idiosyncratic real estate magnate, is making quite a name for himself these days as the man who is gutting the newspaper chain that owns the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. But he is about to become notorious as a tax evader — a legal tax evader,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 1, 2008 | Blog
Wal-Mart's war against workers has reached a new low, based on information published in Friday's Wall Street Journal. The newspaper not only reports that "thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog
If Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives go forward with a floor vote to hold ex-White House chief of staff Karl Rove in contempt of Congress, a petition drive spearheaded by Brave New Films, People for the American Way, the Campaign for America's Future...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 24, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The second of three annual minimum-wage increases enacted by Congress goes into effect today, raising the wage floor to $6.55 an hour. Late Wednesday the Campaign for America's Future focused on this positive development for workers in its latest issue alert. As we...
