By Al Jazeera America
One report indicates EPA inspectors fell sick at the site during a recent visit to follow up about residents’ complaints
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has called on an oil servicing company to stop production at its … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Five years and eleven months have now passed since the U.S. economy entered recession. Officially, that recession ended in the middle of 2009, but nobody would argue that we’ve had anything like a full recovery. Official unemployment … Read more »
By JARED BERNSTEIN and DEAN BAKER
WASHINGTON — ASK most people in this city what the most important step is to increasing economic growth and job creation, and they’ll reply, “Reduce the budget deficit!”
They’re wrong. So-called austerity measures — … Read more »
By Daniel Strauss, Talking Points Memo
Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) was denied a voter ID card thanks to Texas’s strict voter ID law.
“Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn’t give me an … Read more »
By RICK LYMAN
HOUSTON — First, Judge Sandra Watts was stopped while trying to vote because the name on her photo ID, the same one she had used for voter registration and identification for 52 years, did not exactly match … Read more »
By Paul Kane, The Washington Post
The Senate moved closer to passing a historic piece of legislation Monday that would ban discrimination against gay workers, signaling a dramatic shift in political attitudes on the issue.
Seven Republicans joined 54 members … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, has done some surprising things lately. First, he did an end run around his state’s Legislature — controlled by his own party — to proceed with the federally funded expansion … Read more »
By Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic
Draconian new laws restrict suffrage in North Carolina, Texas, and Alabama – and point to a glaring omission.
t is becoming increasingly obvious that the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which eviscerated … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
So how to explain this paradox?
As of November 1 more than 47 million Americans have lost some or all of their food stamp benefits. House Republicans are pushing for further cuts. If the … Read more »
By Sen. Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
31 October 13
As a member of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, I am more than aware that a $17 trillion dollar national debt and a $700 billion deficit are serious problems that … Read more »
