by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
“I’d like to think of myself as ordinary,” says Ross Grooters as he describes his life in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, an eastern suburb of Des Moines. But then he corrects himself. “Most people’s passions or enjoyment are not going out and doing activist things, so that’s...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
Every day, the media feasts on Trump’s lurid antics. Don’t fall for it. He’s a distraction, the clown show. And while he’s barking outside the big top, the GOP is inside, cutting away at our economy and the very essentials of our public life. The tax bill Republicans...
by Tiffaney Meredith | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog
My mom died without me by her side because my boss at Walmart wouldn’t let me leave work. In 2015, my mom had a stroke, so I upended my life in North Carolina, and moved to Texas with my son to take care of her. When I found a new job, I explained I was there to look...
by Tim Wilkins | Nov 30, 2017 | Blog
Small businesses and their customers will be badly hurt by Republicans’ bid to enact massive tax cuts for the wealthy, according to Sen. Ron Wyden and small business owners from across the country who joined him to denounce the plan. “What the Republicans produced was...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog
As the Republican-controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade-long campaign to keep...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog
An entire year of legislative defeats has grated on the GOP. Their promised Affordable Care Act repeal failed – again and again and again. Their Muslim ban was, well, banned by the courts. And now, in the waning days of November, their infrastructure bill, big...
