The disturbing truth about low unemployment figures in the U.K. and U.S.

By Robert A. Vella Conservatives on both sides of “The Pond” have been boasting about low unemployment figures in their Continue reading →

Trump Tells Republicans to Cut Taxes for the Rich

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pushed Republicans on Monday to cut taxes on the rich by using money that’s slated Continue reading →

Angry, anti-status quo voters boost Sanders over Clinton in 4th Democratic Party debate

By Robert A. Vella Under normal circumstances, and by that I mean a more stable political climate where Americans are Continue reading →

Quote of the Day: Napoleon on Religion

“I do not see in religion the mystery of the incarnation so much as the mystery of the social order. Continue reading →

Wealthy, vindictive, Republican UNC Board of Governors silences law school’s Poverty Center

In a move that surprised no one, last week a working group of the Republican-stacked University of North Carolina Board Continue reading →

Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now

Right-wing operatives with links to big retailers going after worker centers like the Restaurant Opportunities Center. In a presentation at Continue reading →

When right-wing extremists speak honestly, racism always come out (a Cliven Bundy update)

By Robert A. Vella Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who has been refusing to pay his grazing fees for two Continue reading →

The genius of Harry Reid’s Koch habit

Concerned Democrats and mystified Republicans wondering why Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been hammering the billionaire Koch brothers incessantly Continue reading →