Cutting Pentagon Waste Will Help America’s Middle Class
The average cost of childcare in the United States now exceeds the cost of in-state college tuition. And since the...
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Democratic Governor Cuomo Proposes State-Wide $15 Minimum Wage
On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will become the first governor to call for a $15 minimum wage...
Top Oil Executives Get Rich While Destroying the Climate
A new study has found that top oil and gas executives receive massive bonuses for making decisions that ultimately have...
Jeb Bush Campaigns on Giving More Tax Cuts to the Rich
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush outlined a tax plan on Wednesday that broadly resembles the tax platform presented in 2000...
Ohio Governor Kasich’s Corrupt Corporate Charter School Failure
It surprises no-one, not even the racist and religious Republican base that the GOP exists first and foremost to advance...
Sanders: Wall Street Has Rigged the Economy for the 1%
Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders gathered a panel of economists in Washington DC to discuss the Greek debt fiasco. As...
Labor Day Parades Across America Show Growing Support for Unions
The nation’s growing support for unions is a huge sign of encouragement for those who have watched the attempts to...
Colorado Invests in Community Solar Projects
In what is described as being the first statewide initiative of its kind, Colorado has awarded a grant of $1.2...
Pope Francis Calls On The Rich And Powerful To ‘Care’ For The Planet
He’s been criticized by Catholics and conservatives. He was even called the “most dangerous person on the planet” for his views on...
Bush Made Millions Giving His Friends At Lehman Billions Of Florida Pension Funds To Lose
For many Americans the idea of entrusting their life-savings, or retirement savings, to a trustworthy entity is a very serious...
Labor Board Ruling Makes It Easier for Fast-Food Workers to Unionize
McDonald’s, Burger King and every other company that relies on a franchise business model just suffered the legal setback they’ve...
Greed-head Charles Koch Objects to Being Called Out by President Obama
It would be a stretch to find a person over the age of seven that has never heard, or cannot...
Scott Walker’s Plan To Take Away Heath Insurance Would Kill 9,800 Americans A Year
Scott Walker has unveiled his plan to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a system that would kill an estimated...
Robert Reich: Corporate Welfare is Sucking the Life Out of Ordinary Americans
Corporate welfare is often camouflaged in taxes that seem neutral on their face but give windfalls to big entrenched corporations...
Why Down to Earth Republicans Support Bernie
Ann Coulter knows who she wants to be the Democratic nominee for president, and who that person is, well, it...
Paul Krugman: GOP candidates promise government by the One Percent, for the One Percent
In his Monday column, the New York Times’ Paul Krugman argued that desire by almost the entire Republican field of...
Approval Of Labor Unions Among Americans Jumps To Six Year High
More evidence that America is becoming more liberal can be found in a new poll that revealed growing public support...
Social Security: 80 Years Old and Still Going Strong Despite Attacks from Conservatives
Social Security is one of the most popular and successful government programs in US history. For 80 years, in strong...
Jeb Bush Super PAC Donors Are Also Out To Buy Washington
A number of donors giving eye-popping sums to a super PAC supporting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign are...
Bernie Sanders: Republican Obstruction Is Costing America 1.4 Million Jobs
Sen. Bernie Sanders is making Republicans squirm by pointing out that if the sequester is continued it will cost the...
Guitar Center Hires Professional Union-Buster To Discourage Employees From Unionizing
Last year, Vanessa Pettit and many of her colleagues at the Guitar Center store in Independence, Missouri, declared their intention...
Robert Reich: The Revolt Against the Ruling Class
“He can’t possibly win the nomination,” is the phrase heard most often when Washington insiders mention either Donald Trump or...
Conservatives Have a Hissy-Fit Over Netflix Announcement of Paid Maternity Leave
If one listens to Republicans, and their Chamber of Commerce directors, the reason there is not full employment and why...
Hillary Clinton Wants to Help Students by Limiting Tax Deductions for the Rich
Hillary Clinton promises to reduce the growth and burden of student debt if she is elected president by taxing high...
Congressional Democrats Support Pope Francis On Climate Change
A group of liberal Senate Democrats turned the tables on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today by introducing a resolution supporting...
Bernie Sanders Vows to Stop the Koch Brothers “Legalized Bribery” of Republicans
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be unveiling new legislation on the Senate floor today that will put an end to the...
Warren Victory: Companies Must Now Disclose How Much More Their CEOs Make Than Their Average Worker
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a rule requiring companies to release key executive compensation information. The CEO...
Obama to Veto Any Republican Plan to Gut Climate Change Rule
The White House is promising that any Republican attacks on the president’s new climate change rule will be met with...
Journalists Only Allowed At Exclusive Koch Brothers Gathering If They Agree Not To Name Conservative Donors
Several news organizations gained rare access Saturday into a private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber...
Ted Cruz Auditions to be the Koch’s Hustler on Capitol Hill
Need to be a hero, but don’t have any really scary enemies? Invent an enemy – in this case the...
Republicans Love to Lie About Medicare as President Obama Points Out
President Obama is pushing back against the Republican lies about Medicare while celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid....
Hillary Clinton Vows To Eliminate Taxpayer Subsidies to Big Oil
Hillary Clinton vowed to take away big oil’s subsidies and use the money for clean energy while campaigning in Iowa....
Bush, Cruz, Rubio and Walker Court Their Benefactors, the Koch Billionaires
Five of the Republican candidates for president will be heading to a luxury hotel in Southern California from August 1st...
Senator Bernie Sanders Supports Federal Contract Workers’ Strike
A group of progressive members of Congress introduced a $15 an hour national minimum wage bill on Wednesday as hundreds of...
President Obama Vows To Oppose Any Republican Attempt To Erase Wall Street Reform
President Obama made his position clear to Republicans in Congress. He will veto any bill that repeals or weakens Wall...
Jeb Bush Calls for Medicare’s Destruction at a Koch Brothers Sponsored Event
Here’s your moderate, establishment Republican presidential candidate, Jeb! He’s the one who wants to “phase out” Medicare. Here’s exactly what...
