by Richard Eskow | May 5, 2017 | Blog
Ten. That’s how many people will die every year so Republicans can give a tax break to each of the 400 richest people in America, under the new “health” bill just passed by the House of Representatives. All in all, hundreds of thousands could die over the next ten...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 4, 2017 | Blog
Bitter partisanship. Hopeless gridlock. A tax code littered with loopholes that only special interests could love. Washington’s latest attempt to overhaul the federal tax code, the first under Donald Trump, is getting underway with all these familiar realities in...
by Jeff Bryant | May 4, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump's adamant promotion of "school choice," and his selection of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, put Democratic advocates for charter schools in a bind. Some Dems are now scrambling to keep the well-polished luster of the charter school brand...
by Richard Eskow | May 3, 2017 | Blog
A recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that, in the words of NBC’s Carrie Dann, “a record number of Americans say that the government should do more — not less — in order to solve the nation's problems.” This is a major change from the 1990s, when most...
by Bryce Oates | May 3, 2017 | Blog
Why would a bunch of protesters show up at the Heritage Foundation to call them out for supporting policies that slash and privatize critical government programs that serve low-income and working-class communities? That seems to be the puzzle perplexing Heritage's...
by Jody Stewart | May 3, 2017 | Blog
The Jersey Shore, still reeling from Hurricane Sandy, is on the front lines as Republicans seek to toss people off Medicaid, jack up costs for people who are older and poorer, and rip up protections for people with preexisting conditions. Fortunately, Jody Stewart and...
