by Bill Scher | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog
Republican leaders want to squelch President Obama's immigration executive action. But they don't want a shutdown. They would like to just defund Obama's deportation relief, but the agency carrying it out, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is funded by its...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's been a grim period for American justice. Despite compelling evidence of widespread bank fraud in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis – and despite all those billion-dollar settlements – prosecutors have not indicted executives at any major U.S. bank. This...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Monday the U.S. Commerce Department said it appears that Chinese-made passenger car and light truck tires are subsidized by the Chinese government and are being "dumped" here, below cost. Because of this they will impose punitive tariffs ranging from 17.7% to 81.3%....
by Leo Gerard | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog
At the first Thanksgiving 383 years ago, Native Americans and Pilgrim immigrants gathered with mutual respect to share a bountiful harvest they’d produced together. This Thanksgiving, though, there’s no respect or sharing in the homes of GOP nativists. Suffering...
by john a. powell | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
Last night, like many across the world who were watching, we experienced deep disappointment in the decision by the St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy,...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"60 Minutes" ran a report Sunday, "Falling apart: America's neglected infrastructure," describing the seriousness and damage to the economy caused by our country's crumbling infrastructure. Here are a few choice quotes, but really you should click through and watch...
