Corporations Score another Supreme Court Victory
The Affordable Care Act ruling won’t heal our ailing health system.
Save Austerity Measures for the Next Boom
Obama should reject the conservative mantra that equates government and family spending.
Pentagon Spending Spree
Throwing money at the military doesn’t buy us safety.
Crushing College Dreams
On the very day that student loan debt reached the $1-trillion mark, Senate Republicans blocked a vote to extend the 3.4-percent interest rate on student loans for another year.
We Can’t Afford Energy Subsidies and Tax Breaks
Energy subsidies are obsolete, ineffective, and a huge waste of valuable public resources at a time when we are rummaging through the couch cushions to find loose change to pay for our ballooning deficits and debt.
Food Stamp Foolishness
Rep. Paul Ryan’s trying to justify his abuse of the poor with religious lip service.
The Class of 2012’s Choice
Today’s graduates must change the world if they don’t want to wind up flipping burgers.
Death and Taxes
The United States accounts for approximately 43 percent of all global military expenditures.
Congress Opts to Keep Poisoning Children
Lead poisoning is entirely preventable.
Ryan’s Medicare Hot Air
It’s simply not time to hit the panic button.
Greening the Pentagon
If we want to build up a green manufacturing economy, we should directly invest in it, not plow more money into military spending.
Better Public Schools Require a Stronger Safety Net
School segregation by class is the norm in the United States.
Standing Up For Common Sense
Keene, New Hampshire has no crime that would warrant rolling out a tank.
Polls and Local Resolutions Underscore Support for Military Spending Cuts
Taxpayers across the nation are telling Washington to cut the Pentagon and fund our communities.
Shifting Gears
Just 1.5 percent of federal transportation funds support bicycling and walking projects.