Tag: economy
Trump’s epic budget swindle
Only a politician who thinks his supporters will never figure out how he scammed them would attempt such an epic betrayal. And perhaps that is the worst insult of all.
Trump budget slashes safety net programs, boosts military and defense
“It probably is the most conservative budget that we’ve had under Republican or Democrat administrations in decades.”
Stop blaming workers, the bosses made this mess
Immigration reform cannot be separated from labor and trade reform. We can't fix the former without dealing with the other two.
Trump kleptocracy
Since our “leaders” seem incapable, we will need to lead ourselves, it appears. This is our democracy and we want it back.
Erie Pennsylvania’s schools are a canary in the coal mine of...
Schools in low-income communities in many states don’t have the resources to give students access to opportunities that are available in wealthier areas.
A tax plan only a one percenter could love
It takes serious mental gymnastics to argue that Trump’s tax agenda would benefit the average working Joe or Jane.
Trade is Trump’s biggest broken promise
Trump, who campaigned promising to “drain the swamp” in Washington, has filled his administration with the very swamp creatures his voters hated.
The cuts in Trump’s budget you haven’t heard about
While national outrage is focused on Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, tiny agencies helping communities that teeter on the edge of poverty would also disappear.
Wall street sodbusters
Big-money speculators are buying up farms, charging tenants to farm it, and boxing young, real farmers out of the market.
Why Trumponomics fails
Trump seems utterly ignorant about global competition – and about what’s really holding back American workers.
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.