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Big Wage Gap Between Men & Women; Women of Color Suffer Most
The pay gap between female and male workers in this country got a hearing in a Senate committee yesterday. But you wouldn’t even know the hearing happened: The issue apparently doesn’t rank up there with the antics of drunk superstars or foolish golfers to get attention by the corporate media. Right now, U.S. working women receive 77 cents for every
Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama’s bill
It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama’s health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it’ll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies. Some health insurance consumer protections would go into place immediately, significant but limited in scope.
ACORN Branches Rebrand After Video Scandal
Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video
Sen. Graham Says President Obama’s Proclaimed ‘Unwavering’ Commitment to Immigration Reform ‘Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test’
On Thursday President Obama met with Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Lindsey Graham, R-SC, who are working on a bipartisan immigration reform bill. Afterwards, the president said his commitment to resolving the issue is “unwavering.” On “This Week” Sunday, Graham took issue with that, “The idea that the president hasbeen
CBC: W.H. visit ‘frank but cordial’
In a meeting aides described as “frank but cordial,” members of the Congressional Black Caucus told President Barack Obama on Thursday that he has to do more to help African-Americans. Members of the caucus have complained — both publicly and privately — that they aren’t getting enough from the nation’s first black president. Thursday’s
Pawlenty budget challenge now in the hands of the Supreme Court
The fate of a lawsuit that challenges Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unilateral cuts and shifts of $2.7 billion last summer now rests in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court The justices took an aggressive line of questioning with the governor’s lawyers during oral arguments Monday over the timing and severity of the cuts to certain programs. The
Obama Outlines Sweeping Education Revamp
The Obama administration plans to upend how the government measures and encourages success in the country’s public schools as part of a sweeping proposal to rewrite President George W. Bush’s signature No
International Condemnation of Israel – So What’s New?
The Israeli government is bracing itself for more condemnation from the international community this week, at an upcoming meeting of the Quartet, scheduled for March 19. It's expected that the gathering will become another diplomatic opportunity for international leaders to blast Israel regarding West Bank settlements and Jerusalem building
Jim Inhofe slams Al Gore on climate ‘hoax’
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) attacked former Vice President Al Gore on the Senate floor Monday, calling climate change “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people” and claiming that Gore is now “running for cover.” The “hoax” line is an Inhofe
Hope and Change in Iraq
In Iraq we are now where we should have been in 2005 if the Sunni Arab community had not staged a bloody revanchist insurrection. The parliamentary elections on March 7 gave us a good snapshot of the real Iraq: an insecure Sunni Arab minority more or less united in one bloc, the Shiite Arab majority building self-confidence and naturally fracturing
