by Sarah Anderson | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Did you pay all of your taxes this April? Wall Street banks typically pay much less than the official 35 percent corporate tax rate. And yet after attacking Hillary Clinton for her ties to Wall Street, President Donald Trump is pushing reforms that would make it even...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Thousands of demonstrators marched on Saturday to demand that Donald Trump release his tax returns. But, barring an unexpected surprise – a W2 form issued by Vladimir Putin, or a 1099 from mafia boss Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno – we already know Trump’s ugliest tax...
by Bill Moyers | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
It’s been a week now since Donald Trump once again became our president. Here’s how it happened. After he unleashed missiles on a Syrian airfield, members of Washington’s national security establishment and elite pundits swooned. Top Democrats and Republicans led the...
by Libero Della Piana | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
The digital era offers exciting new ways to empower and mobilize ordinary people to work together at the grassroots for change. Yet digital tools are no panacea, and can even pose serious problems for organizers if not used wisely. The annual Organizing 2.0 conference...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
The things that come out of President Trump's mouth seem to depend on who he talks to or what he sees on TV in the minutes immediately preceding his mouth motion. Based on his recent switchbacks, Trump has been spending a LOT of time talking to the alums of Wall...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
Jay Badams has reached the limits of his patience. As superintendent of Erie, Pennsylvania schools since 2009, he’s dealt with the chronic underfunding of his schools for years. Every year, he and his staff grapple with ever more painful budget cuts. He and his staff...
