by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog
What a great time to be alive — if you’re sitting on a couple hundred million and have a hankering for your own private jet. Buying a pair of luxury wings has never been more of a bargain. Prices for new and “pre-owned” jets have simply gone “insane,” as aviation...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
Somebody ought to write a self-help book for Republican politicians called, “How to Profit from the Coming Trump Apocalypse.” Although, come to think of it, they're doing pretty well with that already. The newspapers have been filled with stories of Trump’s tense...
by Daniel Doubet | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog
State Senator Scott Wagner, the waste treatment millionaire who wants to become Pennsylvania’s next governor, derides left-leaning donor George Soros as a “Hungarian Jew” who harbors “hatred for America.” Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Dave Reed used campaign...
by Lois Gibbs | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
Millions of Puerto Ricans are still without water, food, electricity and shelter, four weeks after Hurricane Maria destroyed the island. With waterborne illnesses on the rise, a full-blown humanitarian crisis is on the horizon. “Raw sewage continues to be released...
by Miles Mogulescu | Oct 15, 2017 | Blog
Trump’s true plan to “drain the swamp” has now become clear: Make the “forgotten men and women” of this nation drink swamp water until they die. Hurricane victims in Puerto Rico are getting sick and dying from drinking polluted water. And now, Trump’s lone-wolf attack...
by Miles Mogulescu | Oct 15, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump's choice of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to co-chair his new commission on “election integrity" is like asking Vito Corleone to crack down on police corruption or Vladimir Putin to defend human rights. It's worse than a fox guarding the henhouse....
