The Bangladeshi Blood on America’s Hands

Relatives show pictures of garment workers who are missing, during a protest to demand punishment for those responsible for the Continue reading →

Faced With Discredited Research, WSJ Doubles Down On Calls For Austerity

The Wall Street Journal reinforced its call for spending cuts, seemingly undeterred by recently discredited research and overwhelming evidence showing Continue reading →

Sen. Grassley Proposes Eliminating 3 Seats On Powerful Court To Keep Obama From Filling Them

As ThinkProgress has previously explained, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the second Continue reading →

Senate Probes Aaron Swartz Case as Hacking Law Changes Pitched

Senate aides will learn more this week about the prosecution that supporters blame for causing the death of Internet “hacktivist” Continue reading →

World Financial Leaders backtracking on Austerity push

The era of austerity began on February 5, 2010. That was when the finance ministers and central bankers of the Continue reading →

News Media narrative about gun control “intensity gap” contradicted by polls

A series of new polls indicate that the media was wrong to suggest that legislators who oppose strengthening guns laws would Continue reading →

Supreme Court says “no” to government transparency, rules States can block Freedom of Information Act

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s legal for a state to limit use of its Freedom of Continue reading →

El Paso Becomes Second City to Indict Employer for Wage Theft

(Jason Cato, Workers Defense Project) . . . On Thursday, for the first time in El Paso history an employer Continue reading →