by Leo Gerard | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
A giant sucking sound, louder than a freight train, noisier than a tornado, shriller than Ross Perot yelling, “I told you so,” blasted across the nation Thursday as Republicans in the U.S. House passed their tax plan. It was the terrible sound of jobs swept out of...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
When Democrats win big like they did in last week’s elections, Republicans understandably get nervous. But there's another political faction that has something to fret about: folks who've aligned themselves with what's come to be called "education reform”: the embrace...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
Nominating Alexander Azar to run Health and Human Services is like pinning a sheriff's badge on Billy the Kid. For all his polish and small-town charm, when it comes to pharmaceutical predation, the mild-mannered Azar puts blowhard "pharma bros" like Martin Shkreli to...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog
"Top-down class warfare" is what economist Paul Krugman calls the new Republican tax plans being drawn up in Congress, because both plans in the House and Senate propose "huge tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy" and eliminate scores of "credits and exemptions...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog
Sweeping victories in last Tuesday’s elections provided a bracing tonic for Democrats. “In case there was any doubt,” tweeted former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, “the Resistance is real.” Tuesday’s victories should buoy Democrats but not mislead them. The reaction...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog
The voters of New Jersey just elected a former Wall Street banker as their new governor. Just what America needs, right? Many onlookers are undoubtedly thinking that the last thing our country needs at this troubled time another well-heeled Wall Streeter in a powerful...
