The way things are looking, if there is any to be had, climate action from the next Congress will come in the form of an infrastructure package. Neil Bradley said during a press briefing that the US Chamber of Commerce would be open to an “emphasis on climate change”...
A federal judge ruled in October that it is unconstitutional for Florida to make ex-felons who have completed their sentences pay fines, legal fees, and restitution before having their voting rights restored under an amendment that took effect in January. The state’s...
Fact-checking is a thriving media industry, but every now and then a fact-checker offers up a judgment so questionable that it shows just how biased a person can be in the name of “facts.” Take The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler and team and a fact—yes, fact,...
At $14.92 per hour, the median black worker currently earns just 75 percent of the $19.79 that their white counterpart earns. On the income front, the median black household is bringing down just 61 percent of the total median white household, about $39,500 versus...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sided against 83% of the American public by heavily pushing to repeal the rules that ensured net neutrality. Likewise, polling on the Republican tax bill in the final days before passage showed it 22 points underwater with the public,...
We knew that putting Betsy DeVos in charge of the Department of Education was a disaster waiting to happen and it was only a matter of time before things went from bad to worse. Last week, DeVos announced Candice Jackson as her pick to head up the Office of Civil...
In a report released late Thursday—A Tale of Two Retirements—the Institute for Policy Studies demonstrates how inequality follows us into right into our golden years, or as the subtitle states: “As Working Families Face Rising Retirement Insecurity, CEOs Enjoy...
The advocacy group Public Citizen released a report Tuesday showing how top executives for three giant coal companies got large compensation boosts even as they laid off workers and cut their benefits. The three companies—Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, and Alpha Natural...
Bob Lord, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, writes at Common Dreams—America’s wealth concentration has increased tenfold since Bill Clinton first ran for president. … Read the full article here.
While Wall Street Bankers’ bonuses were down slightly, “the average bonus (and it was likely weighed heavily in favor of those at the top) was nearly triple the country’s median household income.” According to a new report by Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy...
Over the past five years, 300 U.S. coal mines have shut down, more than 200 coal-fired power plants have closed up shop, 25 coal companies have gone bankrupt and others may soon follow suit, and the fossil fuel divestment movement is succeeding at universities,...
Everything really is connected. The Institute for Policy Studies has just released an important report illustrating how CEO pay at oil companies is actually accelerating climate change. It is called “Money to Burn” and you can find it here: https://ips-dc.org/…....
… The administration has been heavily criticized from both right and antiwar left over its actions in the region. On the right, the call has been for more: more bombing, more drone strikes, more troops. For example, Lindsey Graham, a GOP presidential wannabe,...
