Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class
There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.
Dishing out Poverty Wages on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers are shafting the underpaid workers who prepare their meals. Wages are less than $11 an hour, well below the very expensive cost of living in the Washington area.
Dear Joe
The time has come for a coalition, and that means being open, and honest, and doing the best for the country. So do it.
Re-Defending the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo rages on as the lone state senator, Donna Campbell, is re-defending the Alamo from the invading forces of the United Nations. So what spurred her to rush to the barricades of the Alamo?
First step down a dangerous path
Have Republicans – or hawkish Democrats – learned anything from the military and diplomatic history of the past two decades?
Beyond future shock
We cannot allow this mass expulsion of vitriol and despair define our futures. We are stronger than that.
Why Mitch McConnell’s refusal to help states with pandemic costs is morally bankrupt
McConnell is focused on one thing—capitalizing on the crisis at the expense of working Americans.
Yes, the president must testify
If he testifies, his legal risk will be extremely serious. If he refuses — or tries to escape by firing Mueller — his political risk will be equally grave.
The freedom to freeze
In Texas, tycoons are the only winners from climate change. Everyone else is losing badly.
Trump’s Disloyal, Dirty Dozen: His most toxic, gut-busting onslaughts against sacred American values
Would the American electorate be dumb enough to elect a conspicuous, anti-democratic bomb-thrower to our top office?