by Richard Eskow | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
Last month, the Congressional "Freedom Caucus" was instrumental in defeating a health bill put forward by Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan. That bill would have deprived an estimated 26 million Americans of health coverage to provide a tax cut for the wealthy,...
by Stanley Fritz | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
New York is one of only two states in the nation that charges sixteen and seventeen year olds as adults in criminal courts. This puts tens of thousands of teenagers in adult prisons. Our governor and legislature have a historic opportunity to right this wrong and end...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2017 | Blog
Our economy has a trade problem. Our trade deficit measures the extent of the problem. Our trade deficit continues to be enormous and humongous. February's Enormous, Humongous $43.6 Billion Trade Deficit The Census Bureau reports the February U.S. deficit on trade...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
No strings attached. Con men love this simple phrasing. They use it all the time. They make an offer too good to be true, then assure their targeted victims that if they accept the offer and turn out not to like it, they can always walk away. No strings. Corporate...
by Martha Burk | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
Equal Pay Day is here. Never heard of it? If you’re a working woman, or a man who cares about the women in your life, this matters to you, so listen up. Equal Pay Day is the day in any given year when women working full-time, year-round catch up to men’s earnings from...
by Libero Della Piana | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog
Fifty years ago today, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of his most prophetic and powerful speeches, ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence’, at Riverside Church in New York City. One year later - to the day - he was assassinated in Memphis. King’s words...
