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The Bloody Truth Behind Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
A week after a white supremacist attacked the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, and on the day that three teenagers are being sentenced in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, for brutally beating and killing a Mexican immigrant, it's time we confront the fact that behind violently anti-immigrant and supremacist rhetoric is a real urge and a real encouragement for actual violence. Read More>
Health Care From Your Faucet?
What do health care reform and drinking water have in common? Just as we spend more than any nation in the developed world on health care, Americans spend over $15 billion a year on bottled water. Read More>
Not Stimulated (Part 1)
The Obama administration has made history. After 30 years of disappearing government and lawless markets, we are witnessing the most dramatic, proactive use of government powers in the economy since the Great Depression. Mr. Obama dropped billions of dollars of public money on the economy. This is a dramatic turn from the practices of Bush, Reagan, and Clinton. And it should signify a definitive victory for us, right? With a black president riding a wave popular demand for change, and with the greatest crisis in global capitalism that we have ever witnessed, it should mean that the economy will finally be just and fair, right? In fact, things are a-changin', but it does not mean a progressive rearrangement of the economy. Read More>
Is The Media (And Blogosphere) Killing Immigration Reform?
The mainstream media hasn’t been skeptical about the commitment to health care reform and budget priorities and for these priorities, the blogosphere has shown its clear support. What about immigration reform? Will the media cover it, the blogosphere champion it, or both be culpable in killing it? Read More>
Take Action: Save the American Dream!
Grassroots organizations across the country have worked hard to ensure that families in foreclosure are given the chance to save their homes in bankruptcy courts. Let's make sure that legislation helping these families passes the Senate. Read More>
Giving Thanks for Tax Day
While some anti-tax radicals act like turkeys with their ‘tea-bagging’ protests, I’m thankful that the rest of us are happy to contribute our fair share to keeping our democracy and government running. Read More>
NYT/CBS Poll and Views on Taxing the Rich
Even though the main story from yesterday's poll results are that people are more optimistic about the economy and direction of the country, it's worth digging for the good stuff ... like majority support for progressive taxation. Read More>
Japan's management approaches offer lessons for U.S. corporations
While Japan has been used as a cautionary tale in the U.S. economic downturn, we argue that management approaches common in Japan offer lessons for U.S. companies as they recover. Read More>
BLUE DOGS? BRING ON THE PURPLE CATS!
Am I the only one frustrated that now that we finally have a President who looks out for the greater good of average Americans, his own party won’t join the fight to take the country back from special interests? Read More>
Bias In Policing Hits Across The Board
Recently, news stories have shown how abusive policing affects people on the basis of race, immigration status, sexuality, and religion. It's time to work together to make sure no community gets targeted or profiled. Read More>
