by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Richard Eskow | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
MARY GREEN SWIG STEVEN L. SWIG RICHARD ESKOW The election of 2016 forced us, like so many Americans, to reconsider much of what we imagined we knew about our country and our society. For example, only a few months ago there was a growing, nation-wide movement for...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
After the president issued a budget to slash and burn environmental, labor and educational programs, the guy responsible for the thing, Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, contended those financial massacres are the heart’s desire of the...
by Miles Mogulescu | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
You probably have a better chance of becoming a judge in China without being a Communist than you have of making it to the Supreme Court under Republicans without the support of the hard-right Federalist Society. Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s nominee, has passed this test....
by Richard Eskow | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog
After a contentious start to Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination hearings, Senate Democrats are struggling with what the New York Times calls “two options: Get out of the way or get run over.” But Democrats have a third option, one that should attract moderate...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 20, 2017 | Blog
Mirror, mirror on the boardroom wall, who’s the greediest CEO of them all? This spring, as always, that’s going to be a tough call. We have so many worthy candidates. How about, for instance, the outgoing CEO at Coca-Cola? Muhtar Kent will be stepping down as Coke’s...
by Lois Gibbs | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency terrify me. They will gut the agency, removing protections for American families and our children. As I travel from one polluted community to the next, women weep as they hold their children,...
