by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 9, 2010 | Blog
Britain's new Conservative Party prime minister has an idea for ending pay excess in the public sector. Should overpaid execs in the private sector — in the United States — now be starting to shudder? Conservatives politicians have always enjoyed bashing...
by Bill Scher | Jun 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
As the America's Future Now! conference convenes from today through Wednesday, Progressive Breakfast will preview key events for attendees and for those who want to watch the live video stream of selected sessions at www.ourfuture.org/now, in addition to the...
by Leo Gerard | May 27, 2010 | Blog
Tea Party darling and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Rand Paul spoke last week like the political novice he is – revealing unfiltered GOP “truths.” First he informed MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow that government should not be able to force businesses to serve...
by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Some say that "government can't create jobs." Others respond "unemployed people can't create votes." Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits....
by Leo Gerard | May 13, 2010 | Blog
Corporate CEOs, union-busting lawyers, and conservative politicians who pander to the rich condemned a National Mediation Board (NMB) Ruling this week. They complained that the NMB gave railway and airline workers the ability to obtain collective bargaining rights...