by Bill Scher | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog
As the Washington Post recently reported, fossil fuel interests led by the Koch Brothers are trying to repeal renewable energy mandates and nullify upcoming EPA climate regulations in 18 states, yet they haven't had a win in 17 of them. And Slate reports that Team...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Trade
I discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and what President Obama's trip to Asia could mean for American workers on "The Sunday Show with Philip Maldari" Sunday morning, on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, Calif. Listen to the full show here: With me on the show was Tim...
by Lynne Stuart Parramore | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog
Between the rampant legalized looting, an emergency manager thrust upon them, water turn-offs, threatened pensions, and darkened streets, the people of Detroit have been to hell and back. Now they can add grotesque racial insensivity from a newspaper editor to their...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Minimum Wage
A good many Americans now know the high-finance games that JPMorgan Chase and other big banks like to play — at our expense. And big oil giants like ExxonMobil have been outraging Americans for years. But plenty of other corporate giants that inflate our inequality...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
“The game is rigged and the American people know that. They get it right down to their toes.” — Senator Elizabeth Warren This week, the House Ways and Means Committee is poised to demonstrate exactly how the rules are rigged. On Tuesday, the committee will begin to...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, they didn’t come any nuttier than Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and the right-wing pundits and politicians who rushed to support his “range war" against the federal government. Revolution was almost nigh, until Bundy shot off his mouth. It’s hard to blame...
