by Bill Scher | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog
The following is excerpted from The New Republic. Click here to read the full article. ...That inauguration next week? Don’t watch. State of the Union? You’re better off with an early night’s sleep. Oval Office addresses? Speeches? Rallies? Press conferences?...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog
“Ironic” is an overused word. And yet, how else can you describe what’s going on this week in Washington? The Republican president-elect says he wants “extreme vetting” for Syrian refugee families who already face years of scrutiny. Meanwhile, the Senate’s Republican...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
The Postal Service's experimental "pilot program" in privatizing the retail end of the USPS using Staples outlets has failed and ended. The "Grand Alliance to Save Our Postal Service" has forced the USPS to back off from partnering with Staples in their effort to...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
With eleven days until Donald Trump is inaugurated as President, at least half of the country is in disoriented shock. It remains hard to believe this is really happening. And while in many respects what is happening is unprecedented, in other respects, we've been...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the November trade deficit was $45.2 billion. This is up $2.9 billion from a revised $42.4 billion in October. Exports fell 0.2% to $185.5 billion from the prior month while imports climbed 1.1% to $321.1 billion. The trade...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
In "an unprecedented break" from tradition, Democrats in the US Senate are expected to challenge as many as eight of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, including Betsy DeVos for US Secretary of Education, according to a report by the Washington Post. The opposition to...
