by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog
The World Trade Organization ruled this week that the United States is not being fair to Mexican seafood companies by denying "dolphin safe" labels on their tuna, meaning that American citizens won't know whether they are buying tuna that is caught in a way that we...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Republicans depend on people believing what they say but not paying attention to the things they do. Just how certain are they that no one pays attention to the things they do? Read on. Today is Tax Day, and Republicans are voting to repeal the estate tax. This is a...
by Bill Scher | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Climate
[fve]https://youtu.be/Bgj7KexIPnw?t=41m[/fve] At Monday's Good Jobs Green Jobs conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren deftly melded her case for building a stronger middle class with her call to avert a climate crisis, saying "both problems grow from the same roots and...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In Fox host Bill O’Reilly’s alternate right-wing universe, Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy means, “If you are a Christian or a white man in the USA, it’s open season on you.” [fve]https://youtu.be/M6JR9ePQ0As[/fve] Here on earth, two more unarmed black men...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
On April 15, perhaps as you're reading these words, working people in 200 American cities will rally for a $15 base wage and the right to form a union. Solidarity demonstrations are planned in more than 30 cities on six continents, and have already taken place in...
by Robin Claremont | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Today is Tax Day, and millions of Americans are scrambling to file their taxes before the deadline. As you send in that check to the IRS or eagerly await your refund, have you stopped to think about what the federal government is doing with that money? Most Americans...
