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...
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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...
Workers Score Another Victory As $15 Minimum Wage Advances In New York
There aren’t a lot of obscure government board meetings that warrant a watch party, let alone one with a marching...
Jeb Bush Cracks the Whip: Says Americans Aren’t Working Hard Enough
Hopefully working Americans are listening to Jeb Bush on the campaign trail. If they are, they should quickly recognize that...
Bernie Sanders calls on Americans to fight the billionaire class
On Friday, Bernie Sanders may have been the first sitting United States Senator to call for “political revolution” at a...
Obama Dismisses the Grumbling of Republican War Hawks
The accord struck in Vienna to rein in Iran’s nuclear activities has warmongers fulminating. Citizens worldwide should support U.S. President...
Behemoth ExxonMobil: Funneling Millions to Climate Science Deniers
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says oil and natural gas will still meet 60 percent of global energy demand in 2040...
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....
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....
