Robert Reich: The 12 biggest myths about raising taxes on the rich
Some politicians are calling for higher taxes on the rich. Naturally, these proposals have unleashed a torrent of opposition –...
Some politicians are calling for higher taxes on the rich. Naturally, these proposals have unleashed a torrent of opposition –...
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and projections from the Projections Managing Partnership, Yahoo Finance has charted which jobs...
The Congressional Budget Office released what would have been a bombshell report Thursday, had not the Mueller report eclipsed it. According...
The results are in regarding the Republican Tax Scam, and average American citizens are the big losers. According to the...
UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann is warning investors that the healthcare market could come crashing down thanks to the push...
The globe’s five largest publicly-traded oil and gas majors — ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP, and Total — invested...
President Donald Trump’s new tax law aided corporations so radically that twice as many companies paid no federal taxes whatsoever in...
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Republicans for attacking the Green New Deal...
In his annual letter to shareholders, distributed last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took aim at socialism, warning it...
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced legislation Wednesday that would make it easier to imprison corporate executives whose companies commit crimes...
According to a new analysis by Think Progress, healthcare groups are ramping up their spending and giving to Democrats on...
For Republicans, the climate crisis is a joke. On Tuesday in the Senate, Mike Lee, a Republican senator for Utah,...
Last week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with 66 House representatives and 10 Senators, introduced their highly-laudedGreen New...
It’s been nearly four years since leaked documents revealed Exxon Mobil Corp. understood that fossil fuel emissions caused the planet...
Last year’s downturn in solar installations put a damper on the clean energy party in the US, but that’s only...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-WA) recently introduced Medicare for All Act of 2019 is a powerful and comprehensive plan to make...
As reports continue to come out from angry American voters saying that their tax refunds are shriveling or that they...
Something odd happened when the Trump administration submitted the original version of its latest pro-corporate budget: Big Pharma didn’t like...
California’s investor-owned utilities are preparing to spend up to $100 million this year bringing solar to low income buildings, with...
The Trump-Republican tax scam continued to rear its ugly head for the third straight week as figures released late Friday...
Most Americans believe that a rising tide should lift all boats—that as the economy expands, everybody should reap the rewards....
America is the only place in the world where any citizen over the age of 35 can run for president....
The 88 senators who have declined to support the the Green New Deal have collected close to $59 million, according...
Amazon almost doubled its profits from $5.6 billion in 2017 to $11.2 billion in 2018, but the company isn’t expected to...
Average tax refunds were down last week 8.4 percent for the first week of the tax season over the same...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) exposed some of the biggest flaws and loopholes in campaign finance laws this week ― and she...
Last fall, the University of Delaware, in partnership with the Energy and Climate Academy of Denmark, announced it was creating a...
President Trump and his entourage cost taxpayers a combined $13.6 million for just four trips over one month to his...
A court ruling Monday in Massachusetts will expose details about one of America’s richest families and their connection to the...
I suppose this Morning Joe mini-discussion is the closest thing we’re going to get in terms of a discussion of...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing occupation in the US is solar PV installer, with a projected...
While Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is getting much-deserved for her handling of the shutdown President Donald Trump instigated...
Most Americans do not realize it but January 11th 2019 marks 75 years since President Rosevelt, proposed free college education,...
The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own...
A new study has found that areas of America hit hardest by the opioids epidemic were the top regions where...
Donald Trump tells us the US economy is “absolutely booming”, the “strongest we’ve ever had” and “the greatest in the...
In a blow to conservatives everywhere a new Hill-HarrisX survey supported Ocasio-Cortez’ beliefs and found that most Americans by a...
When members of Congress introduced legislation this week raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, it was in...
Electric vehicles are getting close to a major tipping point, and it isn’t just fans who are taking notice. The...
The most important thing we must do to save our democracy is get big money out of politics. It’s a...
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced a plan to provide health care for New Yorkers who cannot qualify...
A new analysis shows US greenhouse gas levels are increasing as the Trump administration unravels efforts to slow climate change. Carbon...
I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already...
A program has been created by HBI and IREC to help at-risk youth get jobs in the solar power industry. Solar...
Get ready to see it on your TV. The GOP is about to kick back into Two Santa Clauses mode...
This month, when diplomats met in Poland to negotiate the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the United States took on...