by Jeff Bryant | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Education
"We're making decisions just based on the money.” That’s Rosemarie Jensen talking, a tone of exasperation creeping into her voice as she describes the influence of money on education policy in South Florida. “Some things should be run like a business," she tells me in...
by Bill Scher | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Two years ago, Australia delivered a warning to American climate activists, when voters threw out the ruling Labor Party and installed right-wing Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott, who pledged to repeal Labor's carbon tax. It was a reminder how treacherous energy...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 13, 2015 | Blog, Education
MaryGreenSwig Steven L.Swig RogerHickey The student debt many Americans took on in their youth is following them to the grave. Now many of these student debtors are seniors whose Social Security benefits are being garnished to continue to pay those loans they took out...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the 2008 campaign President Obama promised workers he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that had cost so many jobs and wages, and devastated so many communities. When he took office, he didn't. Recently, the administration declared...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Things got ugly this week, when Fox News anchor Shep Smith told the truth about Kentucky county clerk, and anti-gay theocrat, Kim Davis. The truth hurts, and wingnuts didn’t like it one bit. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Study after study, report after report, and of course common sense and our own eyes are telling us that unions help people and the economy do better. It's obvious. But the billionaires and big corporations want to keep pay and benefits low, and pay politicians to keep...
