by Bryce Oates | May 25, 2017 | Blog
Long before the nation got to know Greg Gianforte as a body-slamming, reporter-punching candidate to Congress, I knew the guy was a jerk. Why? Because he sued his own state, Montana, to remove public access to fishing on a public riverbank near his property. He sued...
by Liz Ryan Murray, Ben Ishibashi | May 25, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/ueilYCHhZ9c[/fve] There’s broad agreement across our country, and across party lines, that we need more good jobs and that we need to rebuild our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. But that’s where the agreement ends. The answers to how we...
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...
