by Dave Johnson | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
Saturday's marches and rallies. Wow. Huge, huge crowds, even the little place, even in the heartland. Some say it was the biggest demonstration in US history. It is now estimated that between 3.3 million and 4.6 million people turned out for the Women's March...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
The world’s richest and most powerful will go to great lengths to have a good time. They’ll even pretend they relish waxing philosophical — about humanity’s future and fate. Last week, at the annual World Economic Forum high up in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos,...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump’s inaugural address stunned Washington elites. The New York Times, Washington Post and others commented on its unbridled populism, its accusatory tone. The Post’s antiquated conservative, George Will, scorned it as “the most dreadful inaugural address...
by Miles Mogulescu | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog
The Women's March (or should I say Marches) were among the most inspiring events of my lifetime. As a middle aged man who has been marching for social and economic justice since I was very young, I was proud to follow the leadership of strong women expressing not...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/Kpwt_ZruQHs[/fve] More than 700 Momentive Performance Materials chemical plant workers in Waterford, NY have been on strike since November 2. The Albany Times Union explains why, in a report about the striking Waterford chemical plant, Workers...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
The following was originally published in The Nation David Brock is the darling of Democratic Party millionaires and billionaires. Donald Trump’s inauguration has sparked rallies in defense of Medicare and Medicaid, women’s marches across the country, protests...
