June 23, 2006 -
The Economic Policy Institute has the latest figures on skyrocketing CEO pay, and how it compares to the earnings of average U.S. workers:
June 23, 2006 -
North Carolina is poised to take a very important step towards "clean elections," reforms that get special interest money out, and a people's voice in.
June 23, 2006 -
David Sirota highlights some good news for workers and labor in the South:
June 22, 2006 -
When asked to comment on why he and other House Republicans from the South were holding up renewal of the Voting Rights Act, here's how one representative from Texas responded:
June 22, 2006 -
It's been said that the President and Congress can dicker all they want about the economy, but it's the Federal Reserve Board that really calls the shots.
June 21, 2006 -
Ammendment 4230, introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to establish a "Truman Committee" to oversee military contracts was defeated yesterday. But Sen. Dorgan gave an impassioned speech from the Senate floor about the squandering of billions of taxpayer dollars for military waste and fraud:
June 21, 2006 -
After the 2004 elections, the Republican Party talked a lot about their plans to make "inroads" into new constituencies, the two big ones being African-American and Latino voters.