by Robert Borosage | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
In his first 70 days in office, President Donald Trump is shedding his most popular populist economic promises with the ease of a confidence man. The “chaos candidate,” as Jeb Bush dubbed him, presented himself as a populist champion who would clean out Washington. As...
by Ken Grossinger | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
From Colorado's legal elites, we've been hearing praise in the media for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. But for the majority of Coloradans — and Americans — who are everyday working people, Judge Gorsuch's record bodes ill. I recognize that Sen. Cory Gardner has...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
After hearing from We the People, the Republican Congress didn't take away our health care after all! Lesson learned: keep it up. So many people have been calling their representative and senators, showing up at their offices and especially at their town hall...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos finally found a public school she could visit where there wouldn't be protests. It's on a military base, safely inside the compound of Fort Bragg in North Carolina. As a local news outlet reports, DeVos used her appearance at...
by Alejandra Gomez | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog
In Phoenix, Arizona, temperatures in the summer of 2016 reached a record high of 118 degrees. At least four deaths were attributed to the Arizona heat one particular weekend in 2016. Imagine being incarcerated in a jail that is entirely outdoors in such temperatures,...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
Senators love to talk about their history and customs. “The U.S. Senate relies heavily on tradition and precedent,” the Senate website says. “Many of its current rules, procedures, and traditions date from the First Congress in 1789.” But Republicans have been doing...
