To hear his fifth State of Union address, an uninformed listener might think America’s problems are limited and manageable.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that he opposes giving the President new fast-track powers.
In this episode we put on our rubber gloves and dive into it.
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.
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.