by Robert Borosage | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
In the first six months of this year, Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block the Senate majority from increasing the minimum wage, providing paycheck fairness to women, and enabling those with student debt to refinance at lower rates, paid for by insuring...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
As House Minority Leader Eric Cantor exits stage right, it seems appropriate to recall some of his most memorable wingnut moments. And as David Bratt waits in the wings, it’s a good a time as any to consider that nights of wingnuttia he’s likely to reach. When Eric...
by Bill Scher | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog
In 2007, six coal miners were trapped, never to be found, in Utah's Crandall Canyon mine. On the day after the mine initially collapsed, the mine owner, Robert Murray of Murray Energy, began a press conference not with the plans for finding his employees, but with...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog
This week Democrats added 23 new bills to the comprehensive Make It In America plan. These new bills are not like the usual Republican "giving tax cuts to rich people fixes everything" nonsense. These bills contain real substance, and represent a great deal of hard...
by Robin Claremont | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog
By Robin Claremont and Jasmine Tucker Earlier this week, President Obama signed an executive order that will allow more student borrowers to become eligible for a program that caps monthly payments based on their income. This would especially help out recent grads who...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Education
Anyone who remembers the spectacle of the Obama administration's maneuvering on the Grand Bargain for solving the nation's financial problems should feel in familiar territory watching how the current controversy over the Common Core State Standards is playing out....
