by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog
This week was put up or shut up time for Republicans. After decades demanding unspecified budget cuts they finally had to put their vote where their budget outline was. So what did they do? They are taking a 40th vote on repealing Obamacare and then heading home for...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog
In the days before and after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Florida police posted PSA's encouraging blacks not to riot, and monitored social media for hints about when and where violence might occur. The judge even delayed...
by Thom Hartmann | Jul 29, 2013 | Blog
Republicans are gearing up to hold our economy hostage yet again. The last fight over the debt limit cost our economy $18 billion dollars, and despite that, the GOP is ready to do it all over again to try and force President Obama to accept even more extreme...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 14, 2013 | Blog
s“The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” That’s what Dr. King said, not long before he was killed by a bullet from a white man’s gun. A half-century after those words were spoken, the killer of Trayvon Martin walks free. I’m sorry,...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
"The American people are on our side," says Rep. Keith Ellison, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. "The time is now." Ellison was talking to a small group of writers and activists about higher tax rates for US corporations. Although he was upbeat,...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 29, 2013 | Blog
During the first years of the Obama administration the Republican strategy was to obstruct efforts to improve the economy and bring more jobs. Then, at election time they went to the public saying, "Obama hasn't made things better." But now they are moving into...
