There is a concerted bipartisan effort to pass tax reform legislation among centrist Democrats and Republicans alike. However, the deep animosity between the radicalized House Republicans and the Obama Administration…
Today fast food workers at several of the nation’s largest chains including McDonald’s and KFC are walking out to draw attention to low-wage jobs, demand better pay for their hard…
Labor leaders from the AFL-CIO called on President Obama and Gov. Rick Snyder to provide financial help to the struggling city of Detroit. The city filed for bankruptcy last week…
President Obama’s speech yesterday promising a renewed effort to turn the economy around and make prosperity work for all Americans is long overdue. Democrats must develop a more responsible economic…
FED Chair Ben Bernanke is widely believed to be stepping down at the end of his second term in January. Today he appeared before Congress to give his last biannual…
In a surprise agreement Republican lawmakers in the Senate agree to allow several of President Obama’s nominees for various appointments to proceed in order to avoid the Democratic Majority Leader’s…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done the unthinkable by proposing rule changes in the Senate to restrict filibusters. The proposed change has been considered before by both parties…
Today’s NYT features a commentary by Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz that makes a compelling argument related to his newest book The Price of Inequality. The argument runs like this: The…
From the NYT’s News Desk: Pennsylvania’s attorney general, Kathleen Kane, said on Thursday that she would not defend the state against a lawsuit to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage.…
Senate negotiators reached a tentative deal this morning to address the student loan interest rate crisis. There now appears to be sufficient bipartisan support to pass legislation similar to a…