Senators Sanders and Warren propose bill to stop bankers from gambling with depositors’ money
Two of the most prominent liberals in the Senate have joined forces to take on the big banks as Sen....
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President Obama’s Goal: Make Solar Power For All A Reality
For a long time, everybody thought of solar panels as something only rich people could afford. But when you think...
Republicans Favor Preserving a Tax Loophole for Billionaires Over Creating 1 Million New Jobs for Young People
Senate Republicans voted down a bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders that would have provided funds to state and local governments...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Thinks American Workers are Spoiled: For Walker $7.25 an Hour is a Living Wage
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the new state budget into law on Sunday with a last-minute change that strips...
The Anti-Union Cabal Fighting Fast Food Workers Is Now Going After Home Care
The home health aide in scrubs pushing a client’s wheelchair up the ramp from street to sidewalk may appear to...
President Obama Slams Republican Neocon Warmongers
During his press conference on the Iran deal, President Obama annihilated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Congressional Republican talking points...
Jeb Bush Does the Koch Brothers’ Bidding
Any American alive should understand that Republicans not only work solely for the rich, corporations, and the billionaire Koch brothers,...
Among America’s right-wing the laziness myth dies hard
Americans work longer hours than their counterparts in just about every other wealthy country; we are known, among those who...
Bernie Sanders Vows That If Elected Wall Street Hoodlums Will Have No Place In His Cabinet
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped a bomb on Wall Street today when during a CNN interview he vowed...
President Obama to Spread Solar Power to Renters, Poor Communities
The Obama administration is starting a new program designed to spread solar power and solar industry jobs to a wider...
Bernie Sanders to Jeb Bush: Americans need better wages not longer hours
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says Americans already work longer hours than employees in most other countries and shouldn’t...
The ALEC Scheme to Privatize Every City In America
The idea of absolute control means exerting one’s will over every aspect of an organization from the very top down...
The Game Is Rigged Against America’s Working Families
The referee might miss an occasional handball, but a soccer game isn’t rigged in favor of one group of players...
Bernie Sanders Plans to Extend Solar Energy To The Poor
Sen. Bernie Sanders hit the Koch brothers where it counts by proposing new legislation that make solar energy more accessible...
Right Wing Billionaires Believe They are Over-Taxed
As we celebrate our collective history this Fourth of July, we should remember that we live in a country where...
Trump Slanders Mexicans Again: Insists He’s Not a Racist
The real estate mogul shared the tweet from one of his followers, a habit that’s gotten him in trouble before....
New Jersey Voters Have Finally Had Enough of Chris Christie
New Jersey wants to be free of Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) according to a Monmouth University poll taken after the...
Obama slams GOP’s ‘bad ideas’ on economy
President Obama on Thursday harangued Republicans for their economic vision, arguing that their policies are outdated and will leave the...
CEO Gravy Train: Top Execs Rake It In At 300 Times The Rate Of Their Workers
The chief executive officers of America’s largest firms earn three times more than they did 20 years ago and at...
Macy’s: The Latest Merchandiser to Give Trump the Boot
Macy’s has reacted to Donald Trump’s racist comments about Mexicans and Latinos by dropping all Trump merchandise from their stores....
Spanish anti-austerity party and US economist advance green energy
The Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos has teamed up with a US economist to launch a green energy plan that they...
Obama Acts To Raise Overtime Wages For 5 Million Workers
The media proclaimed “lame duck” president has roared back again, as President Obama signed an executive order this morning order...
Teachers Confront Union Buster at National Conference
When is disruption not just a super cool buzz word but something that’s actually, well, disruptive? That would be when...
Democratic Policies Spur Economic Growth in Minnesota
An annual CNBC scorecard that rates each state on 60 measures of competitiveness finds that Democratic run Minnesota is the...
More Evidence That Trickle Down Is Disastrous For Americans And The Economy
For most human beings, even idiots in America, there are just some things that are glaringly self-evident such as every...
McDonald’s Accused of Violating Code of Conduct in Labor Battle
After impounding the ballots for more than a year, federal officials last week tallied the votes in an acrimonious union...
Bernie Sanders’ Proposal to Raise Taxes on Billionaires
Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced a bold new bill to combat income inequality by increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans....
Majority of Americans Now Approve of Obamacare
According to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, for the first time in the poll’s history, more Americans approve...
Renewable Energy Producing More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Sector
A new report has determined that investments in energy-efficient and renewable energy sources yield more jobs for a set amount...
As Louisiana Falls Apart Bobby Jindal Decides to Run for President
Just like Scott Walker and Chris Christie, Jindal destroyed his state with a disastrous combination of tax cuts for the...
Neil Young Takes Back His Song From Billionaire Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders took down Donald Trump and took back Rockin’ In The Free World by using the song with Neil...
Jamie Dimon and other too-big-to-fail bankers threaten America
Ed Kane, a professor of finance at Boston College and grantee at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, studies the...
Republicans Disheartened As 86% Of Enrollees Like Their Obamacare
As Republicans are working the Supreme Court to take Obamacare away from everyone in states that have not set up...
Rand Paul Wants to Transfer More Wealth to America’s Rich
Senator Rand Paul, having recently taken on the GOP’s foreign policy wing in his battle against the Patriot Act, has...
Scott Walker Intends to Rob Taxpayers to Enrich His Billionaire Contributors
It is no great secret that Republicans can never find a penny for education, infrastructure improvements, social services, or safety...
Walmart Perfects the Art of Using Overseas Companies to Hide Money and Dodge Taxes
Overseas tax evasion by American corporations has become a political hot button of late: It haunted Mitt Romney in 2012,...
John McCain Says Cheap Goods Are More Important Than Protecting American Workers
In an June 12th interview with Chris Merrill on the Phoenix based KFYI talk radio station, Arizona Senator John McCain...
The Unsavory Billionaire Pact: Sheldon Adelson And The Koch Brothers Team Up To Buy Republican Politicians
In late April, some 700 conservative luminaries, including presidential contenders, donors, fundraisers and former President George W. Bush, gathered at...
Chris Christie, “Supersize me!”: Christie and pals spend $300,000, including $82,000 at sporting events
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spent about $300,000 of his state allowance for food and alcohol over his first five...
Trickle-down economics hollowed out the middle class. It’s time to stop listening to the architects of inequality
On April 30, 2012, Edward Conard, a former partner for the financial management company Bain Capital and a multimillionaire who...
Bernie Sanders Debuts A Real Family Values Agenda
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is taking back family values from the Republican Party by unveiling his Family Values Agenda. The...
Our Economy Would Work Much Better by Making the Polluters Pay
Instead of investing in dirty fuels, let’s start charging polluters for poisoning our skies – and then invest the revenue...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Smacks Down Anti-Union ‘Right To Exploit’ Bill With His Veto Pen
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a controversial right to work bill (House Bill No. 116) on Thursday. In rejecting...
Report Shows The Oil Industry Benefits From $5.3 Trillion in Taxpayer Subsidies Annually
According to the oil industry, the very idea of ending billions-of-dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the profitable industry is un-American;...
The Obama Economy Sets A New Record: 63rd Consecutive Month of Private Sector Job Growth
May marks a new record for President Obama’s private sector job growth record, with the private sector adding 12.6 million...
Republican Nightmare: Bernie Sanders Exposes GOP Social Security Killing Dreams
Bernie Sanders is becoming a daily nightmare for Republicans. Sen. Sanders went on CNN today and cut through the Republican...
