By The New York Times | Editorial
Taxes are never popular, especially in April of an election year. But the Republicans’ latest effort to tilt the tax code in favor of the wealthy, and starve the government of needed revenue, … Read more »
By Kevin Spak, Business Insider
The Supreme Court has agreed to take a case that justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer say will give it a chance to rethink its infamous Citizens United v. FEC decision.
The court is … Read more »
By Paul Krugman. New York Times.
One general rule of modern politics is that the people who talk most about future generations — who go around solemnly declaring that we’re burdening our children with debt — are, in practice, the … Read more »
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By ThinkProgress War Room
Tax Day is coming up on April 17, so it’s worth remember who will pay more in taxes under the Ryan-Romney Republican budget — the poorest Americans — and whose taxes will be cut in dramatic … Read more »
By Chris Hedges – TruthDig.
The debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act illustrates the impoverishment of our political life. Here is a law that had its origin in the right-wing Heritage Foundation, was first put into practice … Read more »
By Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Magazine
Once upon a time at spring training, Reggie Jackson was talking about his place in baseball history. “I know I’m not the greatest player of all time,” he said to a few of us, … Read more »
By Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet
If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it.” — Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas … Read more »
By Dr. Jen Gunter, Wielding the Lasso of Truth
I am the mother of three boys, but the parent of two. My three children were born extremely prematurely, but it was just too much for my first son.
My surviving … Read more »
By Robert Creamer.
It’s not rocket science.
The chief goal of our economic policy is to increase per capita economic output — measured by per capita Gross Domestic Product. That’s what allows people to live better next year than they … Read more »
