by Richard Eskow | May 24, 2017 | Blog
Well, that happened. Pope Francis, who has made his mark with proclamations for social and environmental justice and a humble lifestyle, met the president whose life has been marked by self-indulgence, grandiosity, and greed. Their meeting took place as Donald Trump’s...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 24, 2017 | Blog
Somebody get this man a dictionary. Mick Mulvaney, the Trump administration budget chief, desperately needs some serious lexicological support. That became obvious when Mulvaney stepped up before reporters to defend the new Trump budget for the federal fiscal year...
by Robert Borosage | May 24, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump’s FY 2018 budget is, the White House admits, a “message document” - at best, a marker to begin negotiations. So what is the message this White House is sending? First, it raises a long, fat middle finger pointed at the working class voters who helped to...
by Jeff Bryant | May 23, 2017 | Blog
Betsy DeVos wants to give your tax dollars to private schools and businesses and tell you it's an education "transformation." That's the main theme of an address she gave this week to a conference held by the organization she helped found and lead, the American...
by Liz Ryan Murray | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Current Issues
With its 2018 federal budget proposal, the Trump administration made public, and made plain, its priorities for our nation. Its vision for America is one where the sick, children, families and the disabled are sacrificed for tax breaks for the very wealthiest and...
by Jeff Bryant | May 23, 2017 | Blog
Joe Padilla and Egle Malinauskaite are part of a small group marching 200 miles from Chicago to the Illinois State Legislature in Springfield bringing a "People & Planet First Budget" to their lawmakers. “We're in a narrative battle to change education from a...
