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April 4, 2011 8:21 pm | By Sergio
Hundreds Protest Union-Busting Outside Koch Industries in Washington
Today, PFAW joined the We Are One Campaign and hundreds of workers outside of Koch Industries in Washington, DC to protest the political activities of the Koch brothers, the notorious multibillionaires who are working to destroy unions across the country.…
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April 4, 2011 8:11 pm | By Shaun
Ohio Governor Signs Union-Busting Bill But The Fight Isn’t Over
Welcome to Ohio 2011, the state that has become the new laboratory for various right wing bills aimed at destroying Ohio’s middle class, and communities of color. And it just got worse for Ohio workers. Last week, Governor John Kasich,…
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April 1, 2011 10:13 pm | By Paul Gordon
Wisconsin Republicans Seek to Block Americans From Seeing Their Embarrassing Video
Wisconsin Republicans have been using the threat of legal action this week to suppress dissemination of a video that they are, quite justifiably, embarrassed about. As reported by Talking Points Memo: First the Republican Party in Polk County, Wisconsin, pulled…
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April 1, 2011 9:43 pm | By Paul Gordon
A Defense of Academic Freedom in Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin has responded to the state GOP's request for the e-mails of Professor William Cronon relating to the clash over collective bargaining in that state. This was the opening salvo in a series of such requests to…
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April 1, 2011 1:38 pm | By Miranda Blue
Issa’s Investigative Bombshell
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa has plans to launch investigations into everything from Wikileaks to the mortgage crisis, but a high-profile hearing he held yesterday showed some…interesting priorities. Issa was concerned that the Department of Homeland Security inappropriately required…
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March 31, 2011 5:56 pm | By Miranda Blue
‘Odd Alliance’ Between the Tea Party and the Corporate Lobby? Maybe, But It’s Nothing New
The New York Times today reports on what it calls the “odd alliance” between populist-seeming Tea Party groups and corporate lobbyists. The paper’s investigation into a Tea Party group’s all-out campaign to boost the profits of an Indonesian paper company…
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March 30, 2011 9:30 pm | By Paul Gordon
House Passes DC Vouchers, Bypasses DC Rights and Church-State Separation
This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed a bill to resurrect private school vouchers in the District of Columbia. While Tea Party Republicans are claiming to take the high ground on government spending, they vote to throw millions of dollars…
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March 30, 2011 7:04 pm | By Miranda Blue
States’ Rights! Smaller Federal Government! But Not for DC
We should have known what was coming in January when the House GOP, in one of its first acts in the majority, took away the limited floor voting rights of the District of Columbia’s one delegate in Congress. The move…
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March 30, 2011 3:04 pm | By Paul Gordon
The Right’s Use of Records Requests to Chill Dissent and Attack Academics
In Wisconsin and Michigan, we are seeing what appears to be the latest right wing tool to intimidate and harass its critics: extensive – and baseless – public records requests against academics at public universities. The consequences for the free…
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March 29, 2011 8:47 pm | By Shaun
Update from the Frontlines in Ohio: Voter ID Bill Could Affect Poor and Minority Populations
Poor and minority populations are again under attack in Ohio. With Ohioans putting all of our efforts into stopping Governor Kasich and Republican leaders from destroying workers’ rights, we’re being blindsided by a very troubling bill aimed at limiting access…
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March 29, 2011 8:44 pm | By Miranda Blue
As Several States Push Creationism Laws, Texas School Board Gears Up For Science Curriculum “Review”
Last year, we wrote a report on the Texas Board of Education’s controversial overhaul of the state’s history curriculum standards, in which the board conveniently reshaped the United States history schools taught to better reflect right-wing political talking points. Now,…
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March 29, 2011 8:20 pm | By
Why do YOU pay more taxes than G.E.?
Do you pay taxes? Guess who doesn't. America's largest corporation: General Electric. G.E. did not pay any taxes on their $14 billion in profits last year and instead got a $3 billion tax refund.1 But it doesn't end at G.E....…
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March 29, 2011 6:53 pm | By Miranda Blue
Does Holding Banks Accountable Count as “Terrorism”? Glenn Beck Thinks it Does.
This weekend, the New York Times told the story of a man named Charlie Engle who is in jail for being sold a bad loan. Engle did commit a crime by signing a so-called “liar loan,” in which he falsely…
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March 29, 2011 6:37 pm | By Deborah Liu
Women versus Wal-Mart at the Supreme Court Today
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Dukes v. Wal-Mart, a gender discrimination case brought by female workers of Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer. The workplace discrimination case is a complicated piece of litigation and…
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March 29, 2011 6:09 pm | By Rebecca
Creating Change That Lasts: The 2011 YP4 National Summit
This past January, Young People For (YP4) convened over 250 young progressives, activists, and movement leaders from across the country for four days of dynamic skills and issue trainings during our 2011 National Summit in Washington, DC. We were joined…
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March 29, 2011 4:22 pm | By Brian
Jon Stewart Slams Republican Hypocrisy on Corporate Power
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart took Republicans to task for baselessly holding “parasitic” workers and “greedy” labor unions for the country’s economic and budget problems, while staying silent when many of the country’s largest corporations “pay no federal taxes” at…
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March 28, 2011 5:56 pm | By Brian
Wisconsin Republicans Challenge The Rule Of Law To Push Anti-Union Agenda
After the Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature rushed-through Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting legislation, the District Attorney of Dane County, which covers the state capital, sued to block the law’s implementation. According to the District Attorney, the legislature violated the state’s open meetings…
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March 25, 2011 9:55 pm | By Paul Gordon
Wisconsin Republicans Clamp Down on the Right to Criticize Them
Wisconsin Republicans have escalated their assault on Democrats, liberals, unions, and anyone else who does not fall into line for their ideological agenda. This time, it is the right to criticize the Republican Party that is under attack, as the…
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March 23, 2011 6:44 pm | By Miranda Blue
Maine Governor to Remove Labor Murals from Department of Labor
The Right’s war on worker’s rights is serious business, but this is just absurd. Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has ordered a mural depicting the state’s labor history removed from the lobby of the state Department of Labor. The governor’s…
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March 23, 2011 6:20 pm | By Paul Gordon
The Further Marginalization of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
For the second time in less than a month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has learned that its extremism can sometimes be too much for even one member of the notoriously pro-corporate Roberts Court to swallow. Yesterday, a unanimous Supreme…