by Robert Borosage | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog
February, the first full month of the Trump presidency, witnessed solid jobs growth of 235,000 with the headline unemployment rate little changed, at 4.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Services monthly report. Trump has already tweeted to claim credit for...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
Who could be against rules that try to protect workers from having their pay stolen, having their health and safety put at risk, and being subjected to civil rights and labor law violations? See if you can guess who. Last August, President Obama implemented a ‘Fair...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
The Republicans' plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is a disaster for the health of the American people. But that may be nothing more than a byproduct of the bill’s main impact: it will increase inequality, and make the rich even richer than they’ve become in the...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
This month is the one-year anniversary of Alcoa closing the largest aluminum smelter in the United States – the Warrick in Indiana. More than 325 workers lost their family-supporting jobs, including Brandon Marshall, who, like most aluminum workers, was a member of my...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
Americans, on average, believe that over a quarter of the federal budget - 26 percent - goes for foreign aid, pollsters report. But actual outlays for foreign aid make up just 1 percent of what the federal government annually spends. Don’t expect this startling gap...
by Harvey J Kaye | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump’s candidacy, and now, presidency, have resurrected a public conversation not heard in the United States since the Great Depression – about the possible triumph of a fascist-tinged authoritarian regime over liberal democracy. It’s a fear Sinclair Lewis...
