by Bill Scher | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
For such a buttoned-down candidate, Mitt Romney is not very good at keeping secrets. First, he tells the conservative Weekly Standard that after losing his 1994 Senate race in part because of opposition to his plan for abolishing Education Department, he's concluded...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
President Obama's 2011 income tax documents showed on Friday that he paid a significantly higher rate than the significantly richer Mitt Romney, highlighting the titanic level of tax shirking committed by far too many 1 percenters. President Obama paid 20.5 percent on...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
So a corporate Democratic lobbyist named Hillary Rosen made a gaffe about Ann Romney's resumé. So what? The reality is that Moms of all ages have been wounded by an obsolete and misguided consensus among Washington elites - a consensus that is too often mislabeled as...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
Even rich people sooner or later have to drive over bridges. So why aren't the wealthy screaming about America's inadequate — and increasingly unsafe — basic infrastructure? Investing in infrastructure used to be a political no-brainer. Politicians of nearly every...
by Bill Scher | Apr 16, 2012 | Blog
Senate floor debate is happening right now on the Buffett Rule, with a procedural vote expected later today. And Republican leaders have made clear how they will justify filibustering the common sense position that all multimillionaires should pay a higher tax rate...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 16, 2012 | Blog
This past weekend, tens of thousands of people participated in what amounted to the largest effort to train progressives in nonviolent direct action in recent history. But for those who missed out in the wave of "99% Spring" training sessions, organizers today...
