Corporate interests that fought the president’s re-election are lobbying for him to use the speech to call on Congress to enact Fast Track authority for the TPP.
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On issues from domestic inequality to foreign policy, President Obama delivered the fifth State of the Union with a vow to take action on his own should Congress…
Amy Traub: Obama’s $10.10 minimum wage hike is a clear victory for hundreds of thousands of workers of new or renewed contracts but will still exclude a large…
David Cay Johnston: $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractors is a restoration not rise in wages since minimum wage is substantially lower now than in 1960s.
By almost every measure, Americans are better off living in a Blue state, and more.
It was profoundly unsettling to watch those that represent the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s opponents and assassins take up his mantle on Monday and exploit…
Republicans want to protect tax havens for billionaires. They don’t want the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to go into effect later this year, and more.
Right-wing pundits and politicians are latching onto a few minor discrepancies in Wendy Davis’ life story to smear the state senator with traditionally sexist tropes.
44 years after the NPT went into force, the United States and other nuclear powers continue to pursue their nuclear weapons buildups, with no end in sight.
For the first time in his incumbency, Chris Christie is on the defensive. Not an enviable position for a controlling bully.