by Jeff Bryant | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, Education
As the season for new school openings rolls out, there are reasons for a new consciousness-raising about those schools – the kind of consciousness-raising that can be brought about when there's a shock to the system like Ferguson, Mo. Of the many heartfelt, well...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog
A Politico story being promoted by the Drudge Report, "McConnell’s plan to shut down Obama," makes it clear that if Republicans capture the Senate this fall they will, as the Drudge Report puts it, "play chicken" and shut down the government if President Obama vetoes...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Corporate tax rates used to top out at 52.8 percent. Later rates were lowered to 48 percent and then 46 percent. Then in 1986 corporations complained that this (lowered) rate made them "uncompetitive" and demanded "corporate tax reform." Because job creators. So the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog, Winning Issues for 2014
You may have heard about corporations renouncing their US "citizenship" in order to avoid paying taxes for the infrastructure, courts, police and military protection on which they rely, the schools which their employees send their kids -- even the food stamps and...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog
The transfer of used military equipment from the armed forces to police departments around the country has been accompanied, at least to a certain extent, by a shift in public thinking. The news media have played a critical part in that shift, both in its coverage and...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, Education
If you've ever spent much time watching soap operas, you're familiar with this scenario: Two characters with furrowed brows, arms akimbo square off: "That's not true," says one. "Oh yes it is," says the other. "If only Brock were here …" as the camera pans right....
