by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 26, 2013 | Blog
News stories around the country have trumpeted a public pension “crisis” in various states, featuring elected officials who insist that these crises justify slashing the retirement benefits of public employees. What these stories usually don’t say is that conservative...
by Emily Foster | Sep 26, 2013 | Blog
Close to 100 cleaning and concessions contract workers from various federal facilities in Washington walked off their jobs and marched to the White House to protest what they called taxpayer-funded "poverty jobs". Workers from Union Station, the Smithsonian Museums,...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 26, 2013 | Blog
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz did a great thing this week. Cruz stood before the Senate and talked for 21-plus hours. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis did a great thing in June. Davis took to the Texas Senate floor and talked for more than 11 hours. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 25, 2013 | Blog
Senate Democrats: Never mind the Obamacare misdirection. Restore pre-sequester spending levels and save the economy. Send the restored budget to the House and use their own shutdown threat against them. Republicans will need Democratic votes to pass this in the House,...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
The folks behind Fix the Debt, the corporate- and billionaire-funded group lobbying against Medicare and Social Security benefits, asked if people like me have a "solution" for Social Security's benefits or would rather "do nothing." Hey, thanks for asking! Like most...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 24, 2013 | Blog
Last week, in an example of what makes America beautiful, several strangers rushed to the aid of a New York City construction worker trapped in a burning fifth-floor apartment. The rescuers hoisted a ladder up a fire escape and extended it to the smoky window sill...
