Netanyahu Speaks, Money Talks

— by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship   Everything you need to know about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress Tuesday was the presence in the visitor’s gallery of one man – Sheldon Adelson. The gambling tycoon is the Godfather of

The President Just Announced This —

Our immigration system has been broken for decades. And every day we wait to act, millions of undocumented immigrants are living in the shadows: Those who want to pay taxes and play by the same rules as everyone else have no way

Republican Revisionist Propaganda, oops, I Mean History

According to Republican leadership, “No other president in history has used Executive powers to change immigration policy.” Really? NO other President in history?  Do they own a history book? Can they read?  Senator Barbara Boxer can, and she put out this tidy little

“Noble” Bill Is Nothing But Another RW Attempt to Hobble the EPA

If you can say anything about activities in the U.S. House during the 2014 lame duck session, it would begin with the word “Hobbling.”  First up in the house was HR1422, a bill to stuff “for profit” industry experts on the “scientific”

The Jobs Report

Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out a report called the “Employment Situation.” It’s what tells us how many jobs were created in the past month, and what the unemployment rate is. This month’s report is in, and the numbers

Obama to Issue Executive Order Against LGBTQ Discrimination

Campaigners say White House move ‘will begin to undo one of the last vestiges of legally sanctioned discrimination’ — by Lauren McCauley, staff writer, Common Dreams In what is being hailed as a major victory for LGBTQ rights, the White House confirmed on Monday that

Here’s Why The Carbon Regulations EPA Announced Monday Are So Important

— by Jeff Spross   On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency will release a first-ever set of regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s existing fleet of power plants. The agency recently issued similar rules for new power plants, which

More Than 20 Actions—and Counting

— by Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor, The White House, @Pfeiffer44 The President made something very clear in his State of the Union address this past January: Wherever and whenever he can take action to expand opportunity for more American families, he’s going to do it, with Congress

President Obama: “When women succeed, America succeeds.”

Kay Morrison is 90 years old. And in 1943, when she worked as a journeyman welder on the assembly line at Kaiser Shipyard #2 in Richmond, California, she earned the same wage as the man working the graveyard shift alongside her. As