by Chelsea White | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog
Chelsea White spoke at The State Of Our Union, a gathering of nine hundred women from fifty grassroots and national groups at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Jan. 30, 2018. My name is Chelsea White and I am a proud, Appalachian woman. I live in the Smoky...
by Jessica Juarez Scruggs | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog
Five hundred women from across the country are gathering in Washington, D.C. for tonight's State of Our Union, which offers an alternative vision for our country in which gender and economic justice can overcome forces that seek to divide our nation along fault lines...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog
Did the Pentagon just officially declare a new Cold War with both China and Russia while also committing to wage endless wars around the globe? Apparently, yes — that was the central message of the Trump administration’s newly released National Defense Strategy,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog
Oxfam is once again making headlines on inequality. On the eve of the annual Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the activist global charity released its own annual contribution to the global economic debate: an updated analysis of our planet’s grand divides in...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog
The Trump Administration's abruptly announced tariffs on washing machines and solar cells imported to the United States provoked wailing and the gnashing of teeth worldwide. The same over-the-top beating of breasts can be expected if the administration penalizes steel...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 26, 2018 | Blog
Defense Secretary James Mattis announced a dramatic shift in military policy last week, and it threatens to plunge the world into new forms of conflict. The secretary, known as “Mad Dog” Mattis when he was a four-star Marine general, now commands the most powerful...
