by Richard Eskow | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
A new report concludes 600,000 children have died in the United States for no reason over a 50-year period. Thousands more will die this year, and next year, and the year after that. 600,000 is a lot of people. it’s more than the population of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Or...
by Gloria Totten | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
Today - January 22 - is the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which recognized abortion as a constitutional right. This year, as in every other, the media has focused coverage on the annual anti-abortion demonstration in Washington, even...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced this week that the company would repatriate $252 billion, give or take a few billion, then invest in America and create some American jobs – for a change. This is a result of the massive tax cut Congressional Republicans awarded...
by George Goehl | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
Imagine telling a laid-off employee they won't have Medicaid to fall back on. On January 11, the Trump administration issued this cruel announcement: If you can’t find a job, don’t count on being able to get health care. Under an unprecedented new policy, the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
President Trump ran on promises to "drain the swamp" of special interests and corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC, but higher education policy in his administration is a quagmire of Okefenokee proportions. Just to review the latest developments to emerge from the...
by Cindy Garcia | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
It was a crisp day in November when my husband Jorge and I drove from our home in Lincoln Park to Detroit for our annual check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). We were hopeful that after twelve years of paperwork, Jorge would finally be approved to...
