by Tara Raghuveer, Liz Ryan Murray | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog
75 low-and moderate-income tenants and manufactured homeowners repeatedly disrupted Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson at a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday, asking, “where will we go?" Carson’s response? Instead of offering solutions, he...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog
Can a progressive populist movement be built in the rural areas and small towns that Donald Trump dominated in 2016? On Tuesday, People’s Action – one of the largest multiracial, people’s organizations in the country with 48 member organizations in 30 states –...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog
Imagine a nominee for Secretary of State who is so bigoted that he once accused Christian organizations and houses of worship of remaining silent about crimes committed in the name of Christianity by groups like the far-right Army of God or the Ugandan Lord’s...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog
This week, the Senate will decide whether to confirm CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Pompeo is a key figure in Trump’s new war cabinet, along with National Security Advisor John Bolton and Gina Haspel, who he wants to take Pompeo’s place the CIA. The...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
The Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, a prime American source for advice on all matters money related, has just published a piece fetchingly entitled “Frugal Habits of the Super Rich.” The piece graciously invites readers to meet ten people of substantial means...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
We can add Arizona to the ever-growing list of states where teachers are saying "enough" to state-imposed financial austerity, and walking off the job to protest years of pay cuts, inadequate school resources, and stressful working conditions. Under the banner...
