by Leo Gerard | Jun 18, 2013 | Blog
The Farm Bill that is expected to pass the U.S. House this week explains income inequality in America. The Republican-sponsored proposal slashes food stamps for poor children and pads farm subsidies for wealthy agri-businessmen. This comes just a week after Senate...
by Adele Stan | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
What kind of society abandons its own young? What kind of society allows the generations in power to favor themselves over those who follow them, and then lets them claim they're doing it out of selflessness? Look around you. This weekend we reviewed nine ways an...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
Last week, when thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest the Greek government's austerity driven shut-down the state-run television broadcaster, ERT, I asked whether the latest European backlash against austerity would begin to turn the tide against...
by Derek Pugh | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
A new CNN/ORC International poll released today reveals that Democrats may be in trouble during the 2014 midterm elections. Amid political controversies, an anemic economy and high unemployment, President Obama’s approval rating dropped eight percentage points in a...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog
Texas Governor Rick Perry is on a "job-poaching" trip to New York. Let's say he "attracts" some businesses to move to his low-wage, low-tax state. That means good-paying jobs in one part of our country become low-paying jobs in another and business taxes that...
by Thom Hartmann | May 28, 2013 | Blog
This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook was questioned in a Congressional Hearing about his company's complex scheme to avoid paying taxes. According to Mr. Cook, the company's stash of billions of dollars in overseas shell corporations was not tax dodging – it was ingenuity....
