by Richard Eskow | Jul 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Rep. Keith Ellison, activist Joseph Geevarghese, and Eskow on The Zero Hour. There were no formalities when we interviewed Rep. Keith Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and activist Joseph Geevarghese on the crowded and clamorous floor of this...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
There is more and more interest in the stories about corporations "renouncing" their U.S. citizenship in order to evade paying taxes for the courts, roads, military, schools, and other public services that have made them prosperous. They are using something called...
by Harvey J Kaye | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The Wisconsin Public Radio/National Public Radio show To the Best of Our Knowledge regularly asks writers if they have a "Dangerous Idea" that they would like to talk about (unscripted). My Dangerous Idea was American exceptionalism. I did not speak on the dangers of...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Right-wing reaction to issues in the news this week brought to mind a classic 1980s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial, but with a wingnut spin on the famous line: “Hey, you got your Malaysian airliner in my Benghazi!” Across the wingnut-o-sphere, right-wingers...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Education
Every year Netroots Nation is arguably the most important annual event in the progressive community and a telling barometer of what is on the minds of, as Howard Dean put it, "the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party." Last week's meeting was no exception....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Trade
This week one more example of Republican obstruction occurred – blockage of an important "Make It In America" bill – and one more time not a single corporate media outlet reported it. The House Republican leadership on Tuesday blocked a bill to secure for American...
