| Dec 9, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyGiven the commitment House Republicans profess to balancing the federal budget, you’d think tax breaks for profitable businesses would be a low priority. But this holiday season, they’re set to vote for a two-year, $96 billion package of tax breaks — 80 percent...
| Nov 4, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyPaul Ryan paints himself as a champion of “the people” over “Washington.” But the “people” the new House speaker defends are corporations. And the “Washington” he attacks is the one that does deliver for real people. For...
| Oct 21, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyEight years ago in New Hampshire, when the question of Hillary Clinton’s likability came up during the Democratic presidential debate, Barack Obama said, memorably: “You’re likable enough, Hillary.” That condescending comment earned him the scorn among some liberals...
| Jul 30, 2014 | Economy / BusinessMust formerly rich people shed all their status symbols? It’s a widely held presumption, Darlena Cunha explained. “I had so internalized the message of what poor people should or should not have that I felt ashamed to be there, with that car,” she...
| Apr 9, 2014 | Economy / BusinessWashington politicos aren’t quite right when they say that federal budget proposals are “dead on arrival.” Even if they don’t become law, budgets stand as living, breathing testimonies of the values and priorities of the people who write them....
