by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the October trade deficit rose to $42.6 billion from a enormous and humongous 36.2 billion in September. That's a 17.8 percent increase. October exports were down $3.4 billion and imports were up $3.0 billion. The goods...
by Bill Scher | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
During a CNBC interview, Greg Hayes, the CEO of Carrier's parent company United Technologies, reveals some of those 800 factory jobs allegedly saved in the deal engineered by Donald Trump will eventually be lost to automation: ...we're gonna make up $16 million...
by LeeAnn Hall | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
The right-wing assault on the advances our country has made in the more than 70 years since the presidency of FDR isn’t waiting for Donald Trump’s inauguration. The battle to take away our health care, retirement benefits, and even food aid has already begun, with the...
by Judith LeBlanc | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, Climate, Democracy
Sunday’s announcement that the federal government will not approve a permit for a segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock territory in North Dakota was a landmark environmental justice and Native tribal sovereignty victory. That victory,...
by Bill Scher | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
The announcement that Ben Carson has been tapped to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development has come with reminders that Carson opposes President Barack Obama's new rules intended to strengthen enforcement of the 1968 Fair Housing Act and reduce the...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published in AlterNet If the American Dream is still alive – the one that includes a good job and a house with a yard, kids, and a two-car garage – you can see it taking shape in Wake County in the heart of the state of North Carolina....
