by Jeff Bryant | Aug 3, 2017 | Blog
It's true that a lot of Americans don't have a very good grasp of science. Only about half of Americans believe that human beings evolved over time, fewer parents are vaccinating their children, and while most people accept that climate change is happening, they don't...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 3, 2017 | Blog
President Trump has resurrected an old canard in his effort to sell a new effort to restrict immigration into the United States. The legislation he backs, he said at a White House ceremony, was necessary in part to protect "minority workers competing for jobs against...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog
This is a story about property: real and imagined, legitimate and illegitimate. It’s a story about who gets to decide who can own what, and whom. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons It’s a story of reality, both physical and virtual. It’s a story that begins with humans...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog
This headline appeared on Monday, July 31, 2017, at precisely 4:00 am: “Koch Brothers Move to Back White House’s Tax-Cut Plan.” This one appeared less than twelve hours later: “White House sees tax reform zipping through Congress in October, November.” That’s what you...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog
The future of the American steel and aluminum industries is not a matter for dithering. Each mill and smelter that remains operating is too vital. Each is too crucial to the economic viability of a corporation, a community, and thousands of workers and their families....
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog
The Democratic Party’s congressional leadership has just unveiled a new slogan — and set of policy proposals — to help the party prep for the 2018 midterm elections . The slogan — “A Better Deal” — has underwhelmed just about everyone outside of the Democratic...