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...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
Friday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. As you may have heard, the White house marked the occasion with this statement: It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It is impossible to fully fathom...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
The millions of women and men who joined the Women’s March, and the tens of thousands who showed up at airports this weekend to proclaim that America is still the home of the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” demonstrate that a massive Resistance to the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
How rich have America’s rich become? So rich that they can squirrel away $100 million and then lose track of it. Steven Mnuchin, the Donald Trump nominee for U.S. treasury secretary, did just that earlier this month. All cabinet secretary picks have to file paperwork...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
There's compelling evidence to show that Steve Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Treasury, lied to the Senate in both written and verbal testimony. Senate Republicans seem to be taking these offenses in stride. None of the GOP’s “independents” and...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
Andy Puzder, CEO offast-food giant CKE Restaurants (Hardee's and Carl's Jr), is President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Labor. As one more Ayn Rand devotee nominated to Trump's cabinet, his mission is clear: to spearhead Trump's War on Workers. December's post,...
