by Richard Eskow | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Allyson Fredericksen, Deputy Director of Research for the People's Action Institute, discusses her new report with Richard Eskow on "The Zero Hour." Click here for audio. The People's Action Institute's new report, Waiting for Payoff: How Low Wages and Student Debt...
by Bill Scher | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
If there's one House race that encapsulates the hopes of the Bernie Sanders revolution, it is the race for the currently Republican-held open seat in upstate New York's 19th congressional district. Republican John Faso, the former minority leader of the State...
by Wendy Barranco | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/h1Hd2oCPOlU[/fve] Donald Trump likes to claim that he would be “great for the veterans,” but veterans like me know better. I served in Iraq as an Army Combat Medic and saw first hand the stakes of the decisions that will be made by our...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Richard Eskow interviewed Dean Baker about his new book, "Rigged." Audio is here. Economist Dean Baker appeared on The Zero Hour this weekend to discuss his new book, “Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
How much income do you want to report next spring on your 2016 tax return? For most of us, that question rates as downright silly. We don’t get to choose how much income we report on our tax returns. The vast bulk of our annual income comes from our paychecks. We just...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Image by Ryan Merkley on Flickr Republicans have conjured for Americans a monster more frightening than any Hollywood has ever produced for Halloween. It pales “The Shining.” It is a two-headed beast Donald Trump calls...