by Dave Johnson | May 30, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Democracy properly applied brings widespread prosperity because when people have a say what they say is give everyone good wages, benefits and a share of the pie. They say reinvest some of the profits in infrastructure and education to keep the good times rolling....
by Terrance Heath | May 30, 2012 | Blog, Economy
When I read about the recent polls indicating a huge shift among African-Americans towards supporting same-sex marriage — a Public Policy Polling survey showing that 57% of African Americans say they're likely to support Maryland's marriage equality law, and a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 29, 2012 | Blog
By the time you read this, we should be at the 25th hour of what is, even though it shouldn't be, one of those 24-hour stories, namely Chris Hayes' comment about our country's casual use of the word "hero" for all of our military personnel and the knee-jerk right-wing...
by Richard Eskow | May 29, 2012 | Blog
There's a lot we don't know about the deal between Sen. Mike Lee, Tea Party Republican of Utah, and America's largest bank. But we already know something's very, very wrong: Why is it that most Americans can't get a principal reduction from Chase or any other bank,...