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As Verizon Demands Huge Cuts To Worker Benefits, Its Profits Soar And Its CEO Gets $18 Million In Compensation
Yesterday, 45,000 Verizon employees, represented by the Communications Workers of America, went on strike following the breakdown of negotiations between union representatives and management on Saturday. The workers are …
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More US Soldiers Die in Vain
Many of those preaching at American church services on Sunday likely extolled as “heroes” the 30 American and eight Afghan troops killed Saturday west of Kabul, when a helicopter …
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America’s Real Job Creators Are Broke
As narrators used to say in Western movies: “Meanwhile, back at the ranch...” Our policymakers in Washington have totally lost sight of what's happening at the ranch. …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: NATO Helicopter Shot Down by Taliban, Killing 38, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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The Plight of Marco Sauceda and the Loss of Our Freedoms
"A person should feel secure in their own home. No matter black, white, Hispanic, Asian, I don't care who they are, they should feel secure in their own home. …
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Truman Lied, Hundreds of Thousands Died
On August 6, 1945, President Harry S Truman announced: "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese Army base. That bomb had more …
“Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America”: Barbara Ehrenreich on the Job Crisis and Wealth Gap
Standard & Poor’s announced Friday it has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history. The move by S&P, one of three leading credit rating agencies, …
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Stocks Slump in First US Trading Since Downgrade
Wall Street stocks plummeted on Monday as skittish investors, already concerned about the economy, struggled to work out the implications of last week’s unprecedented downgrade of the United States …
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Paul Ryan Signals Willingness to Raise Revenues, Shifting Positions Following Downgrade
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) said he is open to revenue increases as part of a deal to reduce the deficit today, seemingly shifting positions from the hardline …
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Can America Still Lead?
London - The first week of August 2011 will be remembered as a singularly irrational, wasteful and shameful moment in the political and economic history of the United States. …