by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog
Valentine’s Day must be former billionaire Tim Blixseth’s least favorite day of the year. The 67-year-old timber baron turned real estate developer has not exactly been, you might say, lucky in love. A first wife came and went. Ditto a second. Wife number three did...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
It's Political Messaging 101: You can't beat Trump by talking about him all the time. We should be talking about our economic future, but all we're talking about our 45th president. Look at this chart, which shows the top story on social media accounts by social...
by Tim Wilkins | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog
Is this what a return to regular order looks like? Really? Many recall the dramatic moment last July when Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), with fresh scars from cancer surgery on his brow, scuppered his own party’s efforts to destroy the Affordable Care Act with a late-night...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
Wages have been stagnant through two official “recoveries” in this century, under both Democratic and Republican presidents. This week, beneath the stock-market gyrations, the mechanics that shackle the average worker’s wages were exposed once more—not in Donald...
by Celi Tamayo-Lee | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
San Francisco is a city of contrasts. Historically, it has been a haven for many seeking a better and more creative life – including immigrants, queers, artists and activists of all stripes. But it is increasingly becoming a playground for the rich; our...
by Sharon Austin | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. That was almost 50 years ago. Back then, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip...
