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....
by LeeAnn Hall | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog
When Republican leaders tried to repeal health care in the spring and summer, many Americans raised the alarm and made a ruckus. We asked hard questions, looked at the independent analyses, held town halls, told our health care stories, and took to the streets....
by Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
Two opposing forces are fighting to reshape Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Wall Street, which has been plundering the island for years, is trying to tighten its grip on the island. Meanwhile, organized labor is working to rebuild the island - and to...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
Giant corporations, loyal to coin and faithless to country, staged a public display of blubbering in the run up to this week’s fourth round of negotiations to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Whaa, whaaa, whaaaa, groups like the U.S. Chamber of...
