by Dave Johnson | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
In 2014 President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, requiring corporations that want federal government contracts to disclose if they have violated rules about treating their workers fairly -- like rules against stealing their pay. The...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
A federal appeals court issued a two-fold ruling against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday, overturning the CFPB’s action against a mortgage lender and ruling that the CFPB itself was set up improperly. According to the court's majority, the...
by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Education, Student Debt Relief
Mary Green Swig Steven L. Swig Richard Eskow Once upon a time this country thought big. We survived the Great Depression, fought the Second World War, rebuilt Europe on the Marshall Plan … and provided tuition-free education for college students. Ask anybody from that...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog
On Sept. 2, a tarp covering part of the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh caught fire during repair work. The flames enveloped a steel beam that buckled and nearly caused the entire 88-year-old structure to collapse. A town already racked by hard-to-navigate streets...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published in The Nation The second presidential debate was preceded by a public handshake of a haunted Bill Clinton and a somber Melania Trump. It began with the two contenders refusing to shake hands. And spiraled down from there. The...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published at Alternet It had been a difficult summer for Darian (not his real name). The 14-year-old had recently lost his father to a gun homicide. He had grown sullen and prone to angry outbursts and had recently texted to a friend, "You...
