by Steve Rouzer | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Just three weeks before the election, the Trump Campaign forms a Small Business Advisory Council. On Sunday, a mere three weeks ahead of the November election, the Trump Campaign announced it’s formation of a small business advisory council tasked with providing...
by Ladelle McWhorter | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Ladelle McWhorter is the chairperson of the statewide grassroots network Virginia Organizing, an affiliate of People’s Action This week, Terrence M. Cunningham, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, spoke out about the need to build...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Warren Buffett, the third-richest man in America, has always been a bit of a traitor to his class. The super rich, Buffett holds, ought to pay income taxes at a higher rate than average Americans because they have the capacity — and good fortune — to contribute...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Much of Congress is captured by corporate money. So literally nothing gets through Congress if it interferes with the corporate/1% -boosting agenda. Many in the federal regulatory agencies are captured by promises of corporate payoffs after leaving government, so...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
What's worse than a political debate that fails to give voters the information they need? One that misinforms them, while at the same time demeaning the democratic process. The final 2016 presidential debate takes place Wednesday night, and expectations are low....
by Leo Gerard | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog
Images by DonkeyHotey on Flickr Warren Buffett threw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump again last week. It happened after Trump lied about Buffett’s federal income tax payments on national TV. During the second presidential debate on Oct. 9, Trump said Buffett “took a...
