
Trumka: An abundant worldview leads to shared prosperity
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka writes about how approaching politics requires an abundant worldview if you want to achieve shared prosperity.

Republican victory in 2016 would strengthen new “patrimonial oligarchy”
The hateful and reactionary ideas of GOP candidates confront us with the danger we would face next November, were any one of them to be elected president.

IRS scandal - Deja vu all over again
Following years during which they did everything possible to attack the president, congressional Republicans launched an attack on the IRS. The media cheerfully picked up on one-sided tales of IRS abuse.
Raising taxes on the rich works for everyone
Piketty and Saez joined with MIT's Stefanie Stantcheva on a brief article that helps explain why raising taxes on a nation's rich creates economies that work for everyone.

Richard Wright: a great peoples artist and journalist
It is time to restore Richard Wright's place fully as a major people's artist and ground breaking journalist of the 20th century.

The Republican Party does have a platform
The Republican Party of "NO" has been accused of having no platform, no plan. That is not accurate. The following are the 38 "covert" planks that defines the GOP

