The Right’s Despicable Class War on the Poor
The old adage about sticks and stones may finally apply more soundly to the rich than the poor. According to...
The old adage about sticks and stones may finally apply more soundly to the rich than the poor. According to...
When it comes to healthcare, Southwest Virginia is a desperate place. Many of the state’s poorest and sickest live in...
All across the country, public services are increasingly outsourced to private contractors in the name of efficiency and cost savings....
WASHINGTON — Early Friday morning, House Republicans voted down a measure that would have discouraged the government from giving contracts...
The “charitable” wing of David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity has dropped nearly $900,000 on ads to boost Wisconsin Governor Scott...
A federal judge who stopped Wisconsin’s criminal investigation of spending during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections regularly attends all-expense...
At the ‘New Populism Conference’ hosted by the Campaign for America’s Future on Thursday, a number of progressive thinkers and...
Corporate tax-dodging deals known as inversions, in which a U.S. multinational shifts its tax domicile to a lower-tax country, would...
His relentless coverage of Wall Street malfeasance turned him into one of the most influential journalists of his generation, but...
Mitt Romney’s 47 percent video has had two important, lasting contributions to American politics. The first is that it kept...
Senator Carl Levin said he is writing legislation to block U.S. companies from shifting their legal addresses overseas to lower...
The Koch brothers’ main political arm intends to spend more than $125 million this year on an aggressive ground, air...
A new study that will appear in the fall 2014 issue of Perspectives on Politics concludes that the United States...
Studies have shown a significant correlation between monies spent and the outcome of elections. While there are still instances where...
WASHINGTON — Eight million Americans are insured through the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, President Barack Obama announced Thursday. Wendy TwarDokus...
A bill designed to repeal Kansas’ clean energy law is moving quickly through the state legislature this week — an...
When we had heavily regulated and taxed capitalism in the post-war era, the largest employer in America was General Motors,...
A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists.
Maryland’s minimum wage will rise to $10.10 over the next four years under a bill passed Monday night. Gov. Martin...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights groups, labor organizer and their allies are stepping up pressure on Congress to pass legislation...
Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans unanimously voted against advancing the Paycheck Fairness Act. Forty-three voted against invoking cloture, joined by Independent...
Rashida Tlaib is a state representative in Michigan. But on Wednesday when she checked out at her grocery store, she...
People like Sheldon Adelson support candidates who are in favor of lowering tax rates for corporations and the super-wealthy —...
Connect the dots between policies that keep many of our fellow Americans desperate, and you’ll see they add up to...
When organized interest groups or economic elites want a particular policy passed, there’s a strongly likelihood their wishes will come...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) accused the Koch brothers of “trying to buy America”.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget cuts $3.3 trillion over ten years (2015-2024) from programs that serve people...
(CNN) — Strong countries need a thriving middle class, but in America today, the people who have to work for...
If you take the king’s shilling, says the old saying, then you do the king’s bidding. So what happens when...
Yes, there are “takers” in the American economy, but they’re not the poor folks Mitt Romney referenced in his now-infamous...
There’s just one element missing from these snapshots of America’s ostensibly spontaneous and leaderless populist uprising: the sugar daddies who...
Right-wing groups may have successfully defeated a unionization bid at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn. manufacturing plant, but it wasn’t a clean...
A new chart released by Stop Fooling California reveals that the oil industry, including the Western States Petroleum Association, Chevron,...