by Jeff Bryant | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog
A favorite talking point of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is to say that conversations about education should not be about "systems and buildings" but about "individual students." It's a skillfully crafted soundbite designed to cast schools as oppressive...
by Hannah Gelder | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog
Republicans in Congress want to drive our nation’s economy, and budget, off a cliff. They just don’t care. But it doesn’t have to be that way; here in Illinois, we know from experience there is a way out of this madness, if we stand together and put people and planet...
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...
