by Richard Eskow | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
There are plenty of signs that Steve Mnuchin is not a good guy, even by the lax standards of today’s banking industry. OneWest, a bank he established with partners and ran from 2009 to 2015, mounted a record of ruthless foreclosures (in one case over a 27-cent error)....
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Michael Piwowar has been seething for some time. Now he’s getting to take his revenge — against the new federal regulation that’s driving America’s mega-millionaire CEOs crazy. This particular regulation spells out how corporations must go about complying with an...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZqjbylSo88[/fve] Early news reports on Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, tended to emphasize his personal story and his conservative leanings. But they failed to provide much detail on Gorsuch's...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
Just because the Senate voted to make Tom Price the nation’s top health care official doesn't mean that the debates that flared over his nomination should end. This fight is just beginning. The Senate confirmed Price as secretary of Health and Human Services in the...
by Gloria Totten | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Gender Justice, Health
Many of us have been fixed to our screens, watching in horror as President Trump and his colossally unqualified administration roll back progress at an unprecedented pace. But, let’s remember this political moment came, in part, because of relentless attacks by...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Education
Betsy DeVos may have won her contest in the Senate to become the new U.S. Secretary of Education, but her opposition wasn't the only thing that went down to defeat that day. For decades, federal education policies have been governed by a“Washington consensus” that...
