Robert Reich |
Trans Pacific Trickle-Down Economics
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The Reagan and George W. Bush tax cuts of 1981, 2001, and 2003, respectively, were sold to America as ways to boost the economy and create jobs. They ended up boosting the take-home pay of those at the top."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The Reagan and George W. Bush tax cuts of 1981, 2001, and 2003, respectively, were sold to America as ways to boost the economy and create jobs. They ended up boosting the take-home pay of those at the top."
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Baltimore
Mayor Lifts Curfew After Five Nights
NBC News
Excerpt: "A daily 10 p.m. curfew in Baltimore, which had been in effect for five nights following violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray, was lifted Sunday by the city's mayor."
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NBC News
Excerpt: "A daily 10 p.m. curfew in Baltimore, which had been in effect for five nights following violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray, was lifted Sunday by the city's mayor."
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FEC Chair All
but Giving Up Hope to Rein in Money Abuses
The Associated Press
Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission says she's largely given up hope of reining in abuses in raising and spending money in the 2016 presidential campaign and calls the agency she oversees 'worse than dysfunctional.'"
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The Associated Press
Excerpt: "The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission says she's largely given up hope of reining in abuses in raising and spending money in the 2016 presidential campaign and calls the agency she oversees 'worse than dysfunctional.'"
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My 49 Hours in
a Baltimore Cell - for Being a Reporter
Shawn Carrié, Guardian UK
Carrié writes: "As the 2015 uprising continues, fueled by the anger at Freddie Gray's death in police custody, the state has been taking extraordinary measures to attempt to restore order. For some, this comes at the expense of our constitutional rights. I was one of them."
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Shawn Carrié, Guardian UK
Carrié writes: "As the 2015 uprising continues, fueled by the anger at Freddie Gray's death in police custody, the state has been taking extraordinary measures to attempt to restore order. For some, this comes at the expense of our constitutional rights. I was one of them."
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Overturned
Reproductive Health Law: "A New Low in the War on Women"
Cristina Marcos, The Hill
Marcos writes: "'This bill would make it open season for bosses to dig into their employees' reproductive health practices and fire women for taking birth control or having an abortion,' Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement."
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Cristina Marcos, The Hill
Marcos writes: "'This bill would make it open season for bosses to dig into their employees' reproductive health practices and fire women for taking birth control or having an abortion,' Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement."
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Mexico's
'Modern Slavery' Stocks US Produce Aisles
Carola Sole, AFP
Sole writes: "The harsh conditions that the region's day laborers long endured in silence came into focus last month when 30,000 of them went on strike, holding protests that ended in clashes with police and hundreds of arrests."
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Carola Sole, AFP
Sole writes: "The harsh conditions that the region's day laborers long endured in silence came into focus last month when 30,000 of them went on strike, holding protests that ended in clashes with police and hundreds of arrests."
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Renewable
Energy Champions vs. Polluter-Backed Politicians
Mary Anne Hitt, EcoWatch
Hitt writes: "We here at the Sierra Club decided to mix baseball and politics to make it clear just who's playing on the polluters' team and who's on the side of clean air and clean water protections."
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Mary Anne Hitt, EcoWatch
Hitt writes: "We here at the Sierra Club decided to mix baseball and politics to make it clear just who's playing on the polluters' team and who's on the side of clean air and clean water protections."
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