Sarah Palin says Obama is “Loving Socialism” on Fox News. “Barack Obama is a socialist. He believes in socialism and redistributing wealth in confiscating hard earned dollars of our small business men and women so that they cannot reinvest their dollars and hire more people and grow and expand. Instead, he believes in these failed […]
On September 7, 2012, Reynaldo Cuevas was shot and killed by a police officer as he was fleeing from robbers inside a bodega. The 20-year-old was unarmed. Sadly, Cuevas is one of hundreds of minorities killed by the police every year. On October 22, people gathered in New York City’s Union Square for the 17th […]
In this sixth video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky talks about the Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and other business lobbies enthusiastically carrying out campaigns “to try and convince the population that global warming […]
The story is nearly a week old, but Gov. Jan Brewer’s response to a local reporter’s question about global warming has the internet buzzing. Last Friday, local Arizona station KTVK aired a story and a video clip with Gov. Brewer’s saying that she did not believe that humans were to blame for climate change. At the end […]
Progressives have a lot at stake in “fiscal cliff” negotiations, including fair taxation for the wealthy, reasonable military spending and preserving the social safety net. With the daily back-and-forth, it can be confusing to keep track of all the details. Robert Reich boils it all down with these 8 principles to guide you through the […]