Republicans in Congress are at it again. For the fifth time in two months Congressional Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to extend the payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans and small business owners. Why? Because it asks the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share by including a tiny surtax on income – excluding…
Peter Sinclair takes us through the bad, badder, and best in today’s Climate Denial Crock of the Week: Richard Muller seemed like the last best hope of the anti-science movement.This month he published his global temperature results, and the climate denialists are up in arms. What went wrong?
Protests. Rallies. Arrests. People are restless. People are anxious. Occupy Wall Street camps are popping up all over—and for good reason. Big banks and financial institutions got bailed out -and are now making record profits while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet. Politicians care more about CEOs and corporations than our communities.…
This is a breaking news bulletin. U.S. Representatives Dave Camp and Fred Upton, appointed to the supercommittee two months ago, have not been seen engaging their constituents for months. Rep. Fred Upton was at a public forum on August 15 facing a boisterous crowd upset over his positions on tax policy and Medicare during a…
(This guest post was written by David Hecker, President of the AFT Michigan.) A few weeks ago, before a joint session of Congress, President Obama outlined the American Jobs Act and said, “ there are schools throughout this country that desperately need renovating. How can we expect our kids to do their best in places that…
Americans are beyond angry and frustrated with not being heard by the people they elect – who only listen to the millionaires and corporate sponsors who fund their campaigns. That’s why you’re seeing Americans from unemployed people to airline pilots taking to the streets. America was founded as a country where we reward hard work…
Dr. Tom Wagner of NASA explains the sea ice minimum in simple terms:
A poignant video from the Michigan Education Assocation: Republicans in Lansing voted to give a $1.8 billion tax break to rich CEOs and corporate special interests — paid for by cuts to our local schools. Big banks and oil companies got a massive tax break, while our children are being robbed of their opportunity to…
Peter Sinclair takes a look at the Arctic’s disappearing ice in today’s Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
Here is a poignant video from America’s students calling on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act and help put over 280,000 educators back to work while modernizing over 35,000 of our nation’s aging public schools: