by Robert Borosage | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Tax day. In the District of Columbia, the main post office stays open until midnight. Taxpayers who waited until the last moment line up to get a receipt showing they filed on time. America’s civic ritual. But not everyone participates. America’s major corporations –...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
After months and months of contract negotiations went nowhere, 39,000 Verizon workers went on strike . The strike is about corporate greed. The workers want job stability, acceptable working conditions, and respect as human beings. The company wants the "flexibility"...
by People's Action | Feb 1, 2016 | Breakfast
Divided Democrats Final Quinnipiac Iowa poll gives Sanders slight edge: "...relying on first-time Iowa likely Democratic Caucus participants, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has 49 percent, with 46 percent for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... Sanders tops...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week two major right-wing crusades that started out with pretty big bangs -- the Oregon Standoff and the Planned Parenthood sting -- ended with disappointing (for wingnuts) whimpers. Almost Over In Oregon It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The standoff at...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2016 | Climate
Judy Treichel was just trying to do the right thing for herself and for the planet – and for that she's being penalized as a result of efforts by the Koch brothers and other right-wingers working to protect the state's fossil-fuel monopoly. A couple of years ago, she...
