by Antonia Juhasz | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
It’s official: Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson will serve as secretary of state. The Senate voted 56-43 to make the Texan multi-millionaire the nation’s top diplomat just one day after ExxonMobil reported its lowest profits in almost 30 years. The oil major’s weak...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
Economic growth is slow, the trade deficit is too big, and these dots are connected. First, the stalling economy. As Wonkblog recently reported on what it called "a long period of tepid expansion under the Obama administration," GDP growth has averaged about 2.1...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
The 45th President of the United States just handled one of his gravest responsibilities, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice, with his trademark vulgar and vaudevillian vapidity. Only 11 days into his presidency, Donald Trump's shtick has become as boring as it...
by Robert Reich | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump has reorganized the National Security Council—elevating his chief political strategist Steve Bannon, and demoting the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Bannon will join the NSC’s principals committee, the top...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
As the CEO of the company that owns fast-food chains Carl's Jr and Hardee's, Andy Puzder has championed replacing human workers with robots and sexist advertising while racking up labor rights, health and safety violations. He's now on the brink of running a...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
As protests swept the nation this weekend, you may have overlooked the wave of pushback against Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Education Department. From Los Angles to Washington, D.C., students, teachers, parents and public school...
