by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2012 | Blog
Last week I wrote about the 99% Spring movement coming to Huntsville to protest the greed of Verizon, a company making billions and tripling its CEO's pay while demanding givebacks from its workers. The Verizon shareholder meeting in Huntsville, Alabama was disrupted...
by Bill Scher | May 11, 2012 | Blog
The five finalists for the Sixth Annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award have been announced, honoring the person in the progressive movement whose behind-the-scenes work and selfless service has made an invaluable contribution to social justice. The public is invited to...
by | May 11, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Well, it's Springtime in DC. Time for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's annual event. The Fiscal Summit, to be held on May 15, better named the Fiscal Cesspool of distortions, half-truths and lies, is a propaganda extravaganza designed to maintain and strengthen the...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Another month and another terrible trade deficit report. Why is it that DC elites who profess to care so much about deficits say so little about our worst deficit? The trade deficit drains money from our economy, lowers our wages and forces us into an ever-lower...
by Terrance Heath | May 10, 2012 | Blog
President Obama nearly cost me five bucks. In the build-up to his historic interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, a co-worker announced that he would bet $5 that President Obama would end his evolution on same-sex marriage by announcing his support for marriage equality....
by Dave Johnson | May 10, 2012 | Blog
Is this guy a Presidential candidate from a major party, or a fringe nut? He sounds like Rush Limbaugh. HuffPo: Mitt Romney: Obama 'Takes Marching Orders From Union Bosses', Speaking to a crowd at a campaign stop in Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, presumptive GOP...
