Yesterday’s ideas about curbing the ultra-rich’s power remain just as relevant as ever. By Sam Pizzigati Our contemporary billionaires, most Americans would agree, are exploiting our labor and polluting our politics. Can we shrink our super rich down to a less powerful
As election law changes threatened access to the ballot box this year, African-American turnout operations strengthened. By Leslie Watson Malachi In 2008, for the first time in our history, African Americans voted at the same rate as white voters. We spent the
Beware of wealthy CEOs who are lecturing the rest of us about tightening our belts. By Scott Klinger While America’s CEOs are fretting about the government’s so-called "fiscal cliff," millions of American workers face a financial disaster that gets much less media
America’s security and prosperity depend on our children’s ability to drive the economy of the future. By Marian Wright Edelman Barack Obama won his re-election fight because Americans who are committed to moving forward turned out in record numbers to vote, especially
Military Women Challenge Combat Exclusion Rule In Lawsuit Against Defense Department Molly O’Toole | HuffPost: A first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, a captain in the Marine Corps Reserves, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves and a major
Tax Rates For America’s Wealthiest Fell In 2010 Travis Waldron | News Report: Low capital gains rates have helped the wealthy pay lower and lower tax rates even as their incomes have skyrocketed. And while capital gains income makes up almost half
In the Senate The Senate is in session beginning Monday. It will take up: — The Sportsmen Act (S 3525): to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting. (Senate vote this week. According to Hill Sources, elements of this
Why Is the Obama FCC Plotting a Massive Giveaway to Rupert Murdoch? Craig Aaron, Op-Ed: “We can still stop this terrible plan from moving forward. The other members of the FCC can dissent and send this thing back to the drawing board.
An alarming announcement just crossed my desk: "The National Weather Service is proposing to terminate operational ozone predictions on or about March 5, 2013." We only have until Monday, November 26th to tell the National Weather Service NOT to let this crucial
How Washington Insiders Bar Economic Reality From Political Debate — By Dean Baker, Truthout | News Analysis Washington policy debates are primarily about being admitted to the club of participants rather than about logic and evidence. Until the public understands this fact, there is
