With the Supreme Court’s decision on the health care law expected next week, GOP politicians and their media allies are attacking Obamacare in full force. Many are treating the repeal or the potential Supreme Court rendering of the bill unconstitutional as some sort of a game. It is far from a game for millions of […]

Thrown off guard by the President’s overwhelmingly popular immigration policy decision, right-wing figures are resorting to their old playbook on immigration as the Supreme Court prepares to issue its decision on Arizona’s anti-immigrant law. It is important that we remain vigilant to of the promotion of hate and division that will be forthcoming. Below are […]

The story below “Lost in Recession, Toll on Underemployed and Underpaid” is in fact a sad story. It reflects what has happened to the middle class. It is true that wages are stagnant as college costs, energy costs, and the cost of living have gone up. It is true that even those that are reentering […]

I generally do not write blogs specific to racial issues. I do not want what I write to be judged through a racial prism at all. That said this one cannot pass. I have been an American citizen for decades. I have lived under various Presidents. In fact I have lived under several patently corrupt […]

Young people who love America and contribute to America strengthen America. It’s not right to punish children who’ve done nothing wrong because you don’t like what their parents did. The President’s common sense decision means that young people who grew up in America can keep contributing to the only home they’ve ever known. It’s not […]

  American Dreamers — Why Fact-based Immigration Policy is Good for Our Economy, Good for America by Eric Byler President Obama’s decision to override years of anti-immigrant obstruction is not only good for immigrant families — it is good for America as a whole. The Congressional Budget Office estimates this approach, known as the DREAM […]

Before I get spears thrown at me for the title of this post, I must state that the economy as a whole is doing terrible for working middle class Americans. That said the private sector is doing fine. Corporations have record profits. Corporations have record cash on hand. Our GDP has recovered. It is now […]

The article below “Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early ’90s, Fed Says” is simply a confirmation of what most of us have known, assumed, and felt for the last several years. Let me be clear, the continual decline of the middle class is provably the result of supply side economics instituted by Ronald […]

    Shareholders and activists are gathering in Chicago today to protest corporate political spending, and Target stands front and center in their bullseye. Target’s political spending practices have landed the company in hot water before, so shareholders are rightfully concerned. In 2010, Target came under fire for contributing $150,000 to MN Forward, a group […]